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live it up

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  1. Enjoy oneself, often extravagantly. For example, They came into some money and decided to live it up with a trip around the world. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]


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The point of getting a second home in a warmer state is to live it up.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

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

Today, the ultra-rich can fly into Singapore's private jet terminal, live it up in luxurious quayside neighbourhoods, and speculate on the world's first diamond trading exchange.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2024

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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