live out

phrasal verb

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

Examples of live out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web And so, a team that had a four-game losing streak and a looming date with the couch before the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament came close to living out a dream. Eddie Pells, The Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2024 That’s where my heart is at: These everyday people that live out there just lost a lifeline connection to these big resources such as supermarkets, schools, work. Joanna Daemmrich, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024 That provision would have applied to writers, actors and directors who live out of state, but whose work is produced in Georgia. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 29 Mar. 2024 Share [Findings] True crabs independently evolved to live out of the ocean up to seventeen times. Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024 Last August, however, the group lived out a Strat player’s wildest dream: playing at an actual big league ballpark. Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024 Keplinger, known for his far more progressive policies, has supposedly been living out his days in luxury in the country. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2024 Years later, in 2015, Hudson would live out those dreams for real, starring as Shug Avery in the Tony-winning revival of The Color Purple. Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 22 Mar. 2024 Karen Staples Gonzalez had been living out of her car from 2015 until 2023, when she was first approached by Hennepin County, Minnesota workers, who began to check in on her and other chronically homeless residents seemingly every day. Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2024

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“Live out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20out. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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