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live down to

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Etymology

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Opposite version of live up to.

Verb

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live down to (third-person singular simple present lives down to, present participle living down to, simple past and past participle lived down to)

  1. (transitive) To fulfill low or bad expectations.
    She lived down to her reputation as an awful person.