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live up to
Live or act in accordance with; also, measure up to. For example, Children rarely live up to their parents' ideals , or This new technology has not lived up to our expectations . [Late 1600s]
Carry out, fulfill, as in She certainly lived up to her end of the bargain . [First half of 1800s]
Example Sentences
The frontman lived up to one of the band's hit songs - Don't Bring Me Down - when he soldiered through a performance at Birmingham's Utilita Arena earlier this month after being injured in a taxi crash.
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.
That led to the narrative that Ayton hasn’t lived up to his potential.
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.
His exploits in the 2019 World Cup and Ashes that followed more than lived up to the hype.
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