live up to
Definition
Verb: - To meet or fulfill a standard, expectation, promise, or ideal that has been set. It implies matching the quality or performance that was anticipated or promised.
Usage
This phrasal verb is transitive and requires an object, which is typically a standard, expectation, reputation, or principle. It is often used in contexts involving personal conduct, professional performance, or the quality of a product or service.
Examples
- Verb:
- The new employee worked hard to live up to the manager's high expectations.
- It's a challenge to live up to your own principles every single day.
- The sequel did not live up to the brilliance of the original film.
Advanced Usage
- "to live up to one's name/reputation": To behave or perform in a way that matches the fame or reputation one has.
- As the champion, he felt immense pressure to live up to his name in every match.
- "to live up to the hype": To be as good as the extensive publicity or excitement suggested.
- The highly anticipated product finally launched and completely lived up to the hype.
Variants and Related Words
- Fulfill (verb): To bring to completion or reality; to carry out a promise or duty.
- She fulfilled her promise to volunteer every week.
- Satisfy (verb): To meet a need, requirement, or standard.
- The results satisfied all the necessary conditions.
Synonyms
- Meet: To fulfill or satisfy a requirement.
- Match: To be equal to a standard or quality.
- Achieve: To successfully bring about or reach a desired objective.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Measure up to: To reach the required standard; to be good enough.
- Does the candidate's experience measure up to the job's demands?
- Come up to: To reach a particular standard.
- His work has never come up to the quality we expect.
Related Idioms
- "To be up to scratch": To meet the required standard.
- After more training, her performance was finally up to scratch.
- "To keep one's word": To do what one has promised.
- He said he would help, and he kept his word. (This is a related concept, though not a direct synonym.)
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