LIVE UP TO STH


Meaning of LIVE UP TO STH in English

to do as well as or be as good as other people expect you to :

He failed to live up to his parents' expectations.

The team called 'The No-Hopers' certainly lived up to its name.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.