live-out

[ liv-out ]

adjective

1. residing away from the place of one's employment:

   a live-out cook.

live out

/ lɪv /

verb

1. intr, adverb (of an employee, as in a hospital or hotel) to dwell away from one's place of employment

Word History and Origins

Origin of live-out¹

First recorded in 1965–70; by analogy with live-in

Example Sentences

Hospital staff contacted the Police Department in May after discovering Porter was impersonating a real registered nurse who lived out of state, detectives said.

From Los Angeles Times

Winfrey said "my life changed forever for the better" after she met him, and described him as "love lived out loud in human form".

From BBC

"We were stripped back to living out of cardboard boxes. There was nothing there," he said.

From BBC

“I like playing tennis, I like playing matches, I like the practice. But I really don’t like the lifestyle, the traveling around living out of a suitcase.”

From Los Angeles Times

But all of them have spent long stretches living out of their vans, even after they decided to give up the itinerant life of a hard-core traveling climber and tried to put down roots.

From Los Angeles Times

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