living out

Making dreams real

Living out means residing somewhere other than one's workplace, especially for domestic workers who don't sleep at their employer's home: She preferred a living-out arrangement so she could return to her own family each night.

The phrase also describes fulfilling or enacting something fully: He's living out his childhood dream of becoming a pilot.

To live out one's days somewhere is to spend the remainder of life there: She lived out her final years in a quiet seaside cottage.

Related

manifestation · fulfillment · dream come true · bucket list · embodiment · outwardness · domicile · realization · expatriation · enacting · self-expression · walking the walk · dwelling · authenticity · practice · occupancy · abode · accommodation

Opposites
actualization

living outimagining

Forming mental pictures

suppressing · abandoning · neglecting · repressing · shelving

residential arrangement

living outliving in

Occupying as residence

boarding · staying in

life duration/completion

living outstarting out

Initiating an endeavor

beginning · setting out · cutting short

Family

live, living, out, lived, lives, liver, lively, livelihood, outlive

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G