Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - live out

1. If you live out your life in a particular place or in particular circumstances, you stay in that place or in those circumstances until the end of your life or until the end of a particular period of your life. Gein did not stand trial but lived out his days in a mental asylum... I couldn’t live my life out on tour like he does. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P 2. If you live out a dream or idea, you do the things that you have thought about. He began living out his rock ‘n’ roll fantasy during his last year in law school... I suppose some people create an idea of who they want to be, and then they live it out. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P