"live large" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-live large.ogg [Australia] 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
    Sense id: en-live_large-en-verb-ExWKc0qK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for live large meaning in English (1.6kB)

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