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 !
Top answer
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'.
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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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