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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Tori Spelling can’t live down this embarrassing wardrobe blunder.
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Escher Walcott, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Oscar is still living down #OscarsSoWhite, so Janelle Monáe, who’d had a supporting role in Harriet, opens with a lively song about all the films that didn’t get nominated and dings the Academy for not having a more diverse slate of acting nominees.
—Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Rosas, who lived down the block from the deli, was seen grappling with Harris when the suspect whipped out a pistol and opened fire.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
Ciara, however, can’t seem to live down the coffin theory.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 13 Feb. 2025
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Escher Walcott, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Oscar is still living down #OscarsSoWhite, so Janelle Monáe, who’d had a supporting role in Harriet, opens with a lively song about all the films that didn’t get nominated and dings the Academy for not having a more diverse slate of acting nominees.
—Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Rosas, who lived down the block from the deli, was seen grappling with Harris when the suspect whipped out a pistol and opened fire.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2025
Ciara, however, can’t seem to live down the coffin theory.
—Nick Caruso, TVLine, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Live down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/live%20down. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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