live down

1. 1.

   live so as to annul some previous behavior

   “You can never live this down!”

   Synonymsunlive

   Broaderlive

Questions about live down

What does live down mean?

live down means "live so as to annul some previous behavior".

What is another word for live down?

Close synonyms include unlive. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is live down a common word?

live down is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.