Word info Antonyms

live and let live

Speech parts

1. live and let live - Adjective

2. live and let live - Verb

Meaning

live and let live (third-person singular simple present lives and lets live, present participle living and letting live, simple past and past participle lived and let live)

(idiomatic) To be tolerant; to enjoy the pleasures and opportunities which life offers and to allow others to do the same.

live-and-let-live (not comparable)

Of or expressing a belief in mutual tolerance.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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live-and-let-live

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Examples

Obviously, they're all a gang of idiots. But, you know... live and let live. David Gilmour

My core beliefs revolve around the idea that we should live to the best of our abilities-we should live and let live. Enya

When you were young, and your heart, was an open book. You used to say, live and let live. Paul McCartney

The attitude is we live and let live. This is actually an amazing change in values in a rather short time and it's an example of freedom from religion. Tom Wolfe

Instead of killing and dying in order to produce the being that we are not, we have to live and let live in order to create what we are. Albert Camus

I want peace, and I will live and let live. I'm like any other man. I've been in this racket long enough to realize that a man in my game must take the breaks, the fortunes of war. I haven't had any peace of mind in years. Every minute I'm in danger of death. Al Capone

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