to be as good as what was expected or promised
Anvil were a Canadian heavy metal band who made a minor splash in the 1980s but failed to live up to their promise.
I could not help but feel the pressure to live up to such a record.
It will be a fantastic atmosphere and I hope it lives up to the billing.
Lapland is a special place and lives up to the hype.
Now I just have to live up to expectations.
The breathtakingly beautiful scenery certainly lived up to expectations.
lives up to
living up to
lived up to
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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