live out

verb

lived out; living out; lives out
British
: to live away from the place where one works
a servant who lives out

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At some point that Will could not remember, Butch stopped living out of his suitcase and got himself a chest of drawers and apparently—though Will didn’t notice them for some time—houseplants. Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026 Chase Briscoe lived out his own All-American dream Sunday at Chicagoland Speedway. Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2026 Kary, however, plans to live out her final years in her family’s home. Jena Brooker, ProPublica, 6 July 2026 The short version is that after defeating the Kilrathi at the climax of Wing Commander 3, Mark Hamill’s Christopher Blair retires to a backwater world to live out a life in peace and obscurity. Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 3 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for live out

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“Live out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20out. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

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