English / phrasal verb
Live down
MEANING IN ENGLISH
To overcome, recover from, or make people forget an embarrassing mistake over time
In context
01
Mixing up the pronunciation during my first debate was awkward, but I eventually lived it down.
02
Don't fret over minor slip-ups in conversation; with practice, you will easily live them down.
Synonyms
overcome,redeem,survive
Antonyms
suffer from,regret forever,perpetuate
Collocations
never live it down,hard to live down,live down a blunder