live it up
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But the allure of four years spent postponing adulthood, avoiding responsibility and living it up is enough for many high school graduates to choose college.
But then he saw his friends living it up as students on Instagram and Snapchat.
From BBC
He could live it up until he’s 31 and then take out a policy that would pay more than Social Security.
From Salon
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
The Viennese fondness for him may well be that, in his exuberance, he lets them live it up, even when that might mean chipping the china a little in his lust for splashy spectacle.
From Los Angeles Times
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