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Live out meaning

Live out is a phrasal verb that means to maintain accommodation separate from your workplace or institution.

Past simple
lived out
Past participle
lived out
-ing form
living out

What live out means

B2

To maintain accommodation separate from your workplace or institution

Most final-year students live out.

Similar phrasal verbs

With live: live off, live on, live for, live in, live together, live up to, live with, live through.

With out: go out, find out, sort out, run out, take out, get out, hand out, check out, look out, ask out.

Common questions

What does live out mean?

To maintain accommodation separate from your workplace or institution.

What is the past tense of live out?

Lived out, which is also its past participle.

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