live out
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Verb edit
live out (third-person singular simple present lives out, present participle living out, simple past and past participle lived out)
- (intransitive) To not reside on the premises of one's employer (used especially of domestic staff such as nannies, cooks, maids, etc.)
- Our nanny used to live out, but now she lives with us.
- (transitive) To fulfill or act out a dream or fantasy or aspiration.
- Jackie is going to fashion school to live out her dream of becoming a fashion designer.
- (transitive) To pass time or to pass the remainder of one's life, especially in a particular place or situation.
- to live out one's days
- He is paying $200,000 a year to live out his days on a cruise liner.
- 2013 February 26, Gaia Pianigiani, Elisabetta Povoledo, “Benedict XVI to Be Known as Emeritus in Retirement”, in New York Times[1]:
- In the afternoon, he will depart for Castel Gandolfo, the summer residence of popes, where he will remain until restorations are complete on the Vatican convent where he will live out his days.
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to fulfill or act out a dream or fantasy or aspiration
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Further reading edit
- “live out”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.