live it up en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, informal) To enjoy oneself, to have fun.
It is very like the philosophy that opens and closes Yojimbo—that a long life living on gruel in the country is better than short life of living it up in city.
1999, Donald Richie, The Films of Akira Kurosawa page 174:You're in the club, living it up / I'm tryin’ not to let the crowd notice me
2017, “Groupie Love”, in Lust for Life, performed by Lana Del Rey and ASAP Rocky:Love in an elevator. Livin' it up when I'm going down!
1989, Aerosmith, Love in an Elevator:We're gonna live it up / We're gonna do it / Like we did it before / You and me
1981, Inner Life, “Live It Up”, in Inner Life:Just as any grandmother or grandfather will tell you that their best days were spent during the Depression, anyone who was 18 and living it up in 1968 will tell you they spent their better days at this time.
1978, “Letters”, in TIME:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| living it up | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| lived it up | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| lived it up | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| lives it up | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
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Translations (1)
es vivir a lo grande (Translations)