"live down" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: lives down [present, singular, third-person], living down [participle, present], lived down [participle, past], lived down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} live down (third-person singular simple present lives down, present participle living down, simple past and past participle lived down)
  1. To live so as to subdue or refute. Translations (live so as to subdue): elää läpi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-live_down-en-verb-PPyZCSMK Disambiguation of 'live so as to subdue': 92 8
  2. To get used to something shameful. Translations (get used to something shameful): päästä yli (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-live_down-en-verb-134QO63P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (down) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 79 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (down): 14 86 Disambiguation of 'get used to something shameful': 1 99

Inflected forms

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