live it up
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What if you want to use your retirement to live it up and catch up on the fun you missed out on when you were a working stiff?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Pleasure assures her that she can stay that way, so she might as well live it up as long as she can.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 2025
“It’s Memorial Day weekend, we’ll live it up and have fun with the kids regardless and enjoy each other’s company,” Waylon’s mom, Kylie Andino, told the Register.
From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2024
In contrast, expelled nice guys get to live it up at the "Nice Guy Grotto" seaside resort complete with pina coladas and fruit they don't need to forage themselves.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2021
He must be thinking the same way as Looper: everything was hopeless anyhow, so he’d live it up while he could.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
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