live up

English

Verb

live up (third-person singular simple present lives up, present participle living up, simple past and past participle lived up)

(intransitive) (followed by to) To fulfil the expectations placed upon.
She never lived up to her reputation.

The holidays didn't live up to the advertiser's claims.

Related terms

live it up

Translations

to fulfil the expectations placed upon

Arabic: ارتقى إلى‎, كان في مستوى‎
Czech: splnit (cs), naplnit, dostát, odpovídat (cs)
Finnish: täyttää odotukset
French: être à la hauteur (fr)
German: ^{(please verify)} gerecht werden , ^{(please verify)} halten (de)

Persian: برآورده کردن‎
Polish: spełnić oczekiwania
Russian: опра́вдывать (ru) impf (oprávdyvatʹ), оправда́ть (ru) pf (opravdátʹ)
Spanish: estar a la altura, dar la talla (es)

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