live over
live over
1. To reside in a house, apartment, etc., over someone or something. I live over a musician, and he's constantly keeping me awake with his practicing. I lived over a convenience store when I was a college student, so I never had to go far to get household essentials.
2. To remember very vividly a particular episode of or sequence of events in one's life. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "live" and "over." I really regret the way things ended between us, and I've been living the argument over and over again in my head. I keep living that moment over trying to figure out if what I did was wrong.
3. To (hypothetically) relive a specific portion or period of one's life, typically in order to do something differently. In this usage, a noun or pronoun is used between "live" and "over." If I could live high school over, I definitely would have hung out with a group of friends that might have been a better influence on me. I would definitely move to Japan to teach English for a couple years if I could live my twenties over.
See also: live, over
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
live something over
to go back and live a part of one's life again in order to do things differently. I wish I could go back and live those days over again. Boy, would I do things differently! I would like to live that period of my life over again.
See also: live, over
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- live above
- live above (someone or something)
- live under
- rest with
- rest with (someone or something)
- reside with
- knock at
- knock at (something)
- live by
- strung-out shape