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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His friend Eva Long lives down the block, and neither is far from the Dublin Underground.
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Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Adam’s friend Rick Rubin lived down the hall.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
Ten 35-pound wreckfish — enormous silver deep-water dwellers that live down to 650 feet — are filleted and bagged on a large stainless-steel table on the quay.
—NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
Hedrick, who lived down the street from Miller at the time of her disappearance, would eventually be named a suspect in other deaths, but was never indicted.
—John Wayne Ferguson, Houston Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
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Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2026
Adam’s friend Rick Rubin lived down the hall.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
Ten 35-pound wreckfish — enormous silver deep-water dwellers that live down to 650 feet — are filleted and bagged on a large stainless-steel table on the quay.
—NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
Hedrick, who lived down the street from Miller at the time of her disappearance, would eventually be named a suspect in other deaths, but was never indicted.
—John Wayne Ferguson, Houston Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Live down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20down. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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