live down
Make others forget
To live down something is to overcome its negative effects through subsequent conduct.
When you can't live something down, a past embarrassment, mistake, or disgrace continues to haunt you despite the passage of time: He'll never live down that drunken speech at the wedding.
The phrase almost always appears in negative constructions—things we hope to live down but fear we can't.
Painful awareness of failure
- embarrassmentSelf-conscious unease
- humiliationLoss of dignity
- disgraceLoss of honor
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
mistake · blunder · gaffe · incident · episode · reputation · stigma · infamy
shame
Painful awareness of failure
- embarrassmentSelf-conscious unease
- humiliationLoss of dignity
- disgraceLoss of honor
scandal · mistake · blunder · gaffe · incident · episode · reputation · stigma · infamy · notoriety
live downdwell on
Think about excessively
relive · rehash · bring up · rub in · never let go
live downperpetuate
Keep something going indefinitely
immortalize · commemorate · enshrine · memorialize · preserve
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