Verb
live so as to annul some previous behavior
Source: WordNetDon't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable. Wendy Wasserstein
One can survive anything these days, except death, and live down anything except a good reputation. Oscar Wilde
It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role. Bela Lugosi
Being accused of enthusiasm is something I'll never live down. Sargent Shriver
We live down here among shadows, shadows among shadows. John Updike
The United States has tried for years to live down President Franklin D. Roosevelt's order during World War II to move Japanese-Americans on the West Coast to inland detention camps on grounds that they might be disloyal. Helen Thomas