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live-out
[liv-out]
adjective
residing away from the place of one's employment.
a live-out cook.
live out
/ ɪ /
verb
(intr, adverb) (of an employee, as in a hospital or hotel) to dwell away from one's place of employment
51Թ History and Origins
Idioms and Phrases
Complete or survive the end of a period of time, as in Grandpa wants to live out his days in a warmer climate . [First half of 1500s]
Reside away from one's place of employment, as in She's a fine housekeeper, but insists on living out . This expression is used primarily for domestic help. [Mid-1800s] Also see live in , def. 1.
live out of . Lead a lifestyle characterized by a particular item. This phrase appears in such idioms as live out of a suitcase , meaning “to travel so much that one has no time to unpack one's belongings,” or live out of cans , meaning “to eat only canned food for lack of other foods or time to prepare them.” For example, Traveling for months on end, he got very tired of living out of a suitcase , or We had neither gas nor electricity for a week and had to live out of cans .
Example Sentences
"Lodgers have fewer rights than private renters with live-out landlords and landlords don't need to go to court to evict a lodger. But they are required to provide reasonable notice before asking them to leave the property."
Recruited as a teenager, she had grown up in my younger sister's family, had become a live-out help, married, had children and funnelled nieces and nephews into service with various branches of my clan.
The incident in question wasa fight that broke out July 22 at a fraternity live-out house just off the WSU campus in Pullman.
I was working in a small German town as a live-out governess to a rich family.
Live-in caregivers earned $7.69 an hour, compared with $10 for live-out caregivers.
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