live up
Britishverb
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to fulfil (an expectation, obligation, principle, etc)
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informal to enjoy oneself, esp flamboyantly
Example Sentences
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Overall, trading and banking were better than a year ago but failed to live up to the booming second quarter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
Agents can live up to that name and be good organizational assistants, rather than souped-up search engines that can talk back to you.
From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026
Whatever my game or my role looks like for whatever the situation is, I try to live up to that.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
“OpenAI accelerating growth is a very good sign for Oracle, as it reinforces OpenAI’s ability to live up to its expectations for compute capacity,” he explained.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
I just hope I can live up to expectations—everyone else’s and my own.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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