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live up to
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live up to
fulfill someone's expectations; achieve a standard of a predetermined level (i.e. criterion set by one's own expectations or another person's example)
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live up to
Verb
1. fulfil the requirements or expectations of
(synonym) satisfy, fulfill, fulfil
(hypernym) meet, fit, conform to
(hyponym) suffice, do, answer, serve
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live up to
spełniać czyjeś oczekiwania
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live up to
come up to, agree with, act according to He is trying very hard to live up to his reputation as a smart busnessman.
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live up to
Synonyms and related words:
abide by, act up to, adhere to, attend to, be faithful to, comply with, conform to, do justice to, fill, follow, fulfill, heed, hold by, keep, keep faith with, make good, meet, observe, regard, respect, satisfy
abide by, act up to, adhere to, attend to, be faithful to, comply with, conform to, do justice to, fill, follow, fulfill, heed, hold by, keep, keep faith with, make good, meet, observe, regard, respect, satisfy
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
