"live large" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-live large.ogg Forms: lives large [present, singular, third-person], living large [participle, present], lived large [participle, past], lived large [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} live large (third-person singular simple present lives large, present participle living large, simple past and past participle lived large)
  1. (idiomatic) To have a lavish or overly extravagant lifestyle. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: baller Translations (Translations): elää leveästi (Finnish), mener grand train (French), używać życia [imperfective] (Polish), użyć życia [perfective] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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