The Collaborative International Dictionary
To live down
Live \Live\ (l[i^]v), v. t.
To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually; as, to live an idle or a useful life.
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To act habitually in conformity with; to practice.
To live the Gospel.
--Foxe.To live down, to live so as to subdue or refute; as, to live down slander.
Usage examples of "to live down".
Their enemies drove them out and they were forced to live down in the marshes of Kelfazin.