Verb
live up (third-person singular simple present lives up, present participle living up, simple past and past participle lived up)
(intransitive) (followed by to) To fulfil the expectations placed upon one.
She never lived up to her reputation.
The holidays didn't live up to the advertiser's claims.
It is easier to fight for our principles than it is to live up to them. Alfred Adler
Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth. Swami Vivekananda
The image is one thing and the human being is another. It's very hard to live up to an image, put it that way. Elvis Presley
Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Leo Buscaglia
May you live up to one hundred years and i up to ninety-nine. Japanese Proverb
Give a dog a bad name and he'll live up to it. (or ...he'll repay you for it.) English Proverb