live out

To experience something you have dreamed of or wanted to do.

• He wants to live out his dream.
• They lived out their childhood fantasy of exploring a castle.
• She is living out her ambition to become a pilot.

How to use it: live out a dream/fantasy (She lived out her dream of sailing around the world.)

Similar words: fulfill, realize, act out

Common phrases: live out dreams, live out fantasies, live out something

To spend the rest of your life or a remaining period in a particular way or place.

• She lived out her days by the sea.
• He hoped to live out his remaining years in peace.
• They lived out their retirement in a small cottage.

How to use it: live out one’s days in a place (He lived out his days in a quiet village.)

Similar words: spend, pass

Common phrases: live out one’s days, live out one’s life, live out retirement

To live somewhere other than the home or workplace of the person who employs you.

• Our nanny prefers to live out.
• The cook lived out and travelled to work each morning.
• Do all your domestic staff live out?

Similar words: live off-site

Opposites: live in

Common phrases: live out, staff live out