live-out
residing away from the place of one's employment: a live-out cook.
Origin of live-out
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How to use live-out in a sentence
Not about encouraging aspiring butchers to live out their violent fantasies in Syria.
As they now live out their wildest dreams, their barbarity has cost the U.S. far more.
The Luxury Homes That Torture and Your Tax Dollars Built | Michael Daly | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPart of that bourgeois dream involved white people getting to live out their fantasies of having black servants.
I Watched a Casino Kill Itself: The Awful Last Nights of Atlantic City’s Taj Mahal | Olivia Nuzzi | December 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSoth refers to Silicon Valley as a nerdy Hollywood, in that people go there to live out their dreams.
Photographer Alec Soth Shows a Different Side of Silicon Valley | Ann Binlot | November 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTA sea sanctuary is also a way for previously captive killer whales to live out their lives in a dignified, sustainable manner.
‘Blackfish’ Director: Killer Whales Don’t Belong in Captivity | Gabriela Cowperthwaite | October 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
With big, rangy Sam Welborn, David started out to become a rancher and live out his days in peace and quiet.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyIt takes strength of mind for a man to decide to live out his destiny rather than run away from life.
Napoleon's Young Neighbor | Helen Leah ReedTime enough if I live out my Oxford year, and have really mastered the matter pretty well.
Life of John Coleridge Patteson | Charlotte M. YongeShe herself went there to live out her days, and died there on August 31st, 1833, at the age of eighty-two.
Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall | Robert S. HawkerSo closely is the scriptural warning fulfilled, that "bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days."
History of the Rise of the Huguenots | Henry Baird
British Dictionary definitions for live out
/ (lɪv) /
(intr, adverb) (of an employee, as in a hospital or hotel) to dwell away from one's place of employment
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Other Idioms and Phrases with live-out
Complete or survive the end of a period of time, as in Grandpa wants to live out his days in a warmer climate. [First half of 1500s]
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