live down
verb
lived down; living down; lives down
: to live so as to wipe out the memory or effects of
made a mistake and couldn't live it down
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During the early 1960s, Cher was dating a senior high school boy who lived down the street from her family.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2024
Mary Fagan, 63, who lives down the street, told the Times that her mother used to own the double-wide.
—Beatrice Dupuy, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2024
Photo: Neon None of us loves finding a big-ass bug in our space, but here, the rogue beetle running under the door into Lee’s mother’s basement signals that something even darker lives down there.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2024
Your loan officer went to church with you, coached your child’s Little League team or lived down the street.
—George Davis, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2024
Mary Fagan, 63, who lives down the street, told the Times that her mother used to own the double-wide.
—Beatrice Dupuy, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2024
Photo: Neon None of us loves finding a big-ass bug in our space, but here, the rogue beetle running under the door into Lee’s mother’s basement signals that something even darker lives down there.
—Laura Bradley, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2024
Your loan officer went to church with you, coached your child’s Little League team or lived down the street.
—George Davis, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Live down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20down. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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