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MrPernickety Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary
Meaning of "live out the consequences"
Hi,
I can't quite put my finger on what this phrase might mean, though I have a few ideas as to its meaning: maybe it means "to face/confront the consequences"
Could you tell me what it really means, please?
Also, do you use it frequently in day-to-day conversation?
Here is the context that I took from American Corpus
I think women should have the opportunity to make that decision for themselves because they have to live out the consequences
Thanks !
I can't quite put my finger on what this phrase might mean, though I have a few ideas as to its meaning: maybe it means "to face/confront the consequences"
Could you tell me what it really means, please?
Also, do you use it frequently in day-to-day conversation?
Here is the context that I took from American Corpus
I think women should have the opportunity to make that decision for themselves because they have to live out the consequences
Thanks !
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Hi, I can't quite put my finger on what this phrase might mean, though I have a few ideas as to its meaning: maybe it means "to face/confront the consequences" Could you tell me what it really means, please? Also, do you use it frequently in day-to-day conversation? Not frequently, but it's not somethig where the listener would think, 'Wow, that's an unusual thing to say'.
- Hi, I can't quite put my finger on what this phrase might mean, though I have a few ideas as to its meaning: maybe it means "to face/confront the consequences" Could you tell me what it really means, please?
- Also, do you use it frequently in day-to-day conversation?
- Not frequently, but it's not somethig where the listener would think, 'Wow, that's an unusual thing to say'.
- Here is the context that I took from American Corpus I think women should have the opportunity to make that decision for themselves because they have to live out the consequences The idea is that the consequences will affect the rest of their lives.
- Another form of the expression is 'live with the consequences'.
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Hi,
I can't quite put my finger on what this phrase might mean, though I have a few ideas as to its meaning: maybe it means "to face/confront the consequences"
Could you tell me what it really means, please?
Also, do you use it frequently in day-to-day conversation? Not frequently, but it's not somethig where the listener would think, 'Wow, that's an unusual thing to sa
I can't quite put my finger on what this phrase might mean, though I have a few ideas as to its meaning: maybe it means "to face/confront the consequences"
Could you tell me what it really means, please?
Also, do you use it frequently in day-to-day conversation? Not frequently, but it's not somethig where the listener would think, 'Wow, that's an unusual thing to sa
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I think this is actually a little stronger than "live with," because the duration of "live with" is not defined - you might have to "live with" a bad haircut, or a new puppy - but "live out" means that whatever the consequences are will be in place until you die.
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