live it up

live it up

To really enjoy oneself. You're in college—this is the time in your life that you should be going to parties and living it up!

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live it up

to have an exciting time; to do what one pleases—regardless of cost—to please oneself. At the party, John was really living it up. Come on! Have fun! Live it up!

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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

live it up

Enjoy oneself, often extravagantly. For example, They came into some money and decided to live it up with a trip around the world. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

live it up

spend your time in an extremely enjoyable or extravagant way. informal

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live it ˈup

(informal) have a very enjoyable time, often spending a lot of money: Since his retirement he has been living it up in the south of Spain. ♢ We are very careful with our money, but for two weeks a year while we’re on holiday, we really live it up.

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live it up

Slang

To engage in festive pleasures or extravagances.

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