"live the dream" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-live the dream.ogg [Australia] Forms: lives the dream [present, singular, third-person], living the dream [participle, present], lived the dream [participle, past], lived the dream [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} live the dream (third-person singular simple present lives the dream, present participle living the dream, simple past and past participle lived the dream)
  1. (idiomatic) To experience the achievement of every success that one has aspired to achieve, especially from a career. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-live_the_dream-en-verb-D7WNGAZz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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