What is "lived down"

Usage examples of "lived down".

But, so it wuz, that arter Uncle 'Abe' hed got over his mournin', he wuz married ter a woman w'ich hed lived down in Kentuck.

Sam lived down here in a world of grays and browns, just about everywhere he looked.

A big fish lived down there under a gloomy shelf of rock, a fish bigger than any of the others .

They lived down there on the Crystal World at the same rate of motion and consciousness as the caterpillars—.

Then listen and marvel, you who have lived down through the longyears.

You have lived down your German name and you're a good Soviet citizen and officer.