"live it up" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-live it up.ogg [Australia] Forms: lives it up [present, singular, third-person], living it up [participle, present], lived it up [participle, past], lived it up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} live it up (third-person singular simple present lives it up, present participle living it up, simple past and past participle lived it up)
  1. (informal, idiomatic) To enjoy oneself, to have fun. Tags: idiomatic, informal Related terms: live up Translations (Translations): vivir a lo grande (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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