live up to

Verb

Meaning

meet the requirements or expectations of

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

satisfy fulfill fulfil come up to string along

Antonyms

breach violate transgress

Hypernyms

meet fit fill satisfy fulfill fulfil

Hyponyms

cover serve answer suffice do

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

live unchained live under a rock live up live vocals live weight live wire