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Live a Little

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What does Live a Little mean?

verb

  1. To spend time doing something enjoyable and lively; to earmark blocks of time to live life to the fullest.

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Live a little, comfort a little, cheer thyself a little.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
If you haven’t heard of Dr. Crocus, it’s your fault, gentlemen, who live a little way out of the world here: not Dr. Crocus’s.
Charles DickensAmerican NotesProject Gutenberg ebook #675
More book examples (3)
And upon Beatty's inquiring whether his pain was very great, he replied, "So great, that he wished he was dead. Yet," said he, in a lower voice, "one would like to live a little longer too!"
Robert SoutheyThe Life of Horatio, Lord NelsonProject Gutenberg ebook #947
We should like to live a little longer just as we should like 50 pounds: that is, we should take it if we could get it for nothing; but that sort of idle liking is not will.
Bernard ShawTreatise on Parents and ChildrenProject Gutenberg ebook #908
“Well,” said the Cowardly Lion, drawing a long breath of relief, “I see we are going to live a little while longer, and I am glad of it, for it must be a very uncomfortable thing not to be alive. Those creatures frightened me so badly that my heart is beating yet.”
L. Frank (Lyman Frank) BaumThe Wonderful Wizard of OzProject Gutenberg ebook #55