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live up

/ ɪ /

verb

  1. to fulfil (an expectation, obligation, principle, etc)

  2. informalto enjoy oneself, esp flamboyantly

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Kenya's William Ruto rode into office on a wave of enthusiasm among ordinary people who hoped he would live up to his promises to improve their lives.

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My experience didn’t quite live up to Rich’s lavish praise, but I was indeed dazzled by Greenberg’s New York wit, which struck me as an acutely sensitive, off-angle version of George S. Kaufman’s Broadway brio.

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The puffed-up mostly-men of the Freedom Caucus spit and gibbered about all the ways in which the legislation failed to live up to its promises, even issuing a 15-point memo on the matter.

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The Galaxy are hoping Puig’s expected return late this summer sparks at least a modest revival but that won’t be enough since Paintsil increasingly seems lost, his confidence shattered, and newcomers Matheus Nascimento and Lucas Sanabria have so far failed to live up to their promise.

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"I just hope he can live up to what is written about him. He could get very demoralised if it doesn't work out."

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