LIVE DOWN

Meaning of LIVE DOWN in English

remove blame or distrust by good conduct, cause to be forgiven by not repeating something He is trying to live down his reputation of being a hard person to work for.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

LIVE DOWN — transitive verb Date: 1842 to live so as to wipe out the memory or effects of
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LIVE DOWN — transitive verb : to live so as to refute, overcome, or cause to be forgotten (as a mistake, misconduct, slander) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIVE DOWN — Date: 1842 : to live so as to wipe out the memory or effects of made a mistake and couldn't …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIVE DOWN — Function: transitive verb Date: 1842 : to live so as to wipe out the memory or effects of <made a …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LIVE DOWN — [live down] vt (1842): to live so as to wipe out the memory or effects of "made a mistake and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LIVE DOWN — If you are unable to live down a mistake, failure, or bad reputation, you are unable to make people forget …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIVE DOWN — If you are unable to ~ a mistake, failure, or bad reputation, you are unable to make people forget about …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LIVE DOWN — Synonyms and related words : atone, atone for, compensate, expiate, give satisfaction, make amends, make compensation, make good, make matters …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIVE DOWN — {v.} To remove (blame, distrust or unfriendly laughter) by good conduct; cause (a mistake or fault) to be forgiven or …
Slang English vocab
LIVE DOWN — phr verb
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
LIVE DOWN — phr verb Live down is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ reputation
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LIVE DOWN — {v.} To remove (blame, distrust or unfriendly laughter) by good conduct; cause (a mistake or fault) to be forgiven or …
Словарь английских идиом
LIVE DOWN — v. To remove (blame, distrust or unfriendly laughter) by good conduct; cause (a mistake or fault) to be forgiven or …
American Idioms English vocabulary
LIVE DOWN — загладить, искупить (своим поведением, образом жизни) You shouldn't have to spend the rest of your life living down one silly …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIVE DOWN — phr v своим поведением заставить забыть прошлую вину, прошлые прегрешения и т. п. to live down one's record reputation - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIVE DOWN — загладить, искупить (своим поведением, образом жизни) You shouldn't have to spend the rest of your life living down one silly …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LIVE DOWN — phr v своим поведением заставить забыть прошлую вину, прошлые прегрешения и т. п. to ~ one's record [reputation] - загладить …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
LIVE DOWN — phr v своим поведением заставить забыть прошлую вину, прошлые прегрешения и т. п. to live down one's record reputation - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LIVE DOWN — загладить, искупить
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LIVE DOWN — загладить, искупить
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LIVE DOWN — загладить, искупить ( своим поведением, образом жизни ) You shouldn't have to spend the rest of your life living down …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LIVE DOWN — загладить, искупить (своим поведением, образом жизни) You shouldn't have to spend the rest of your life living down one silly mistake …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
LIVE DOWN — загладить, искупить (своим поведением, образом жизни); You shouldn't have to spend the rest of your life living down one silly …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
LIVE DOWN — загладить, искупить (своим поведением, образом жизни); You shouldn't have to spend the rest of your life living down one silly …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
LIVE DOWN — загладить, искупить
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
LIVE DOWN — загладить, искупить (своим поведением, образом жизни) You shouldn't have to spend the rest of your life living down one silly …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIVE DOWN — заглаживать [-ладить]
Англо-Русский словарь
LIVE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIVE — live 1 /liv/ , v. , lived /livd/ , living . v.i. 1. to have life, as an organism; be …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIVE — I. ˈliv verb ( lived ; liv·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English libban; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIVE — adj vivid; bright. 2. live ·noun life. 3. live ·adj having life; alive; living; not dead. 4. live ·adj imparting …
Webster English vocab
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
LIVE — [live] vb lived ; liv.ing [ME, fr. OE libban; akin to OHG leben to live] vi (bef. 12c) 1: to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LIVE — I live BrE AmE v lɪv ▷ lived lɪvd ▷ lives lɪvz ▷ living ˈlɪv ɪŋ II live adjective, adverb …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LIVE — I . / lɪv; NAmE / verb —see also live (II) IN A PLACE 1. [ v + adv. / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIVE — I. live 1 S1 W1 /lɪv/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: verb : ↑ live , ↑ outlive , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIVE — v. 1 intr. have (esp. animal) life; be or remain alive. 2 intr. (foll. by on) subsist or feed (lives …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIVE — adj. 1 (attrib.) that is alive; living. 2 (of a broadcast) heard or seen at the time of its performance, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIVE — v. 1 intr. have (esp. animal) life; be or remain alive. 2 intr. (foll. by on) subsist or feed (lives …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIVE — 1. v. 1. intr. have (esp. animal) life; be or remain alive. 2 intr. (foll. by on) subsist or feed …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
LIVE — I. VERB USES /lɪv/ ( lives, living, lived) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIVE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOWN — n. back down bear down beat down bog down boil down bowl down break down bring down broken down buckle …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LIVE — I. verb 1 in a place ADVERB ▪ alone ▪ together ▪ She disapproves of unmarried couples living together. ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LIVE — See ↑ ALIVE 2, ↑ LIVE 1, ↑ SURVIVE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be fit to live in • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIVE — INDEX: 1. to live in a place 2. to start to live in a place 3. when you live in …
Longman Activator English vocab
DOWN — INDEX: 1. moving down 2. to go down 3. when the sun goes down 4. to go down under the …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIVE — adj. 25B6; adjective live bait : LIVING, alive, having life, breathing, animate, sentient. a live performance : IN THE FLESH, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIVE — adj. 25B6; verb the greatest mathematician who ever lived : EXIST, be alive, be, have life; breathe, draw breath, walk …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIVE — adj. 1 living, breathing, animate, viable, existent; material, physical, tangible, real, actual, palpable She said she'd rather be a live …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LIVE — [common] Opposite of `test'. Refers to actual real-world data or a program working with it. For example, the response to …
Jargon File English vocabulary
LIVE — I гл. 1) жить, существовать, быть живым Was he still living when the doctor arrived? ≈ Он был еще жив, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOWN
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