live it up

phrase

: to live with gusto and usually fast and loose

… lived it up with wine and song …

—Newsweek

Examples of live it up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For these three, living it up can also mean dancing through the pain. — Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026

Check out the highlights as the morning team hopped on board and lived it up on the way to campus! — Cbs Texas Staff, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Kate Moss’s daughter Lila is living it up in Spain as summer comes to a close. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 7 Aug. 2026

Goldie Hawn is living it up during her European family adventure. — Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for live it up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup