live under



live under someone or something

to dwell directly beneath someone or something. We live under the Johnsons. They are fairly quiet. We lived under a law office for a few years.
See also: live

live under something (negative)

to exist under some kind of worry or threat. I can't continue to live under the threat of bankruptcy all the time. It is hard to live under the worry of another war.
See also: live

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Berhanu-Eastern African, Amharic
IlonaEE-lo-naw (Hungarian), ee-LO-nah (German), EE-lo-nah (Finnish)Hungarian, German, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Czech
Dejana-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene
Alica-Slovak
Hitomihee-to-meeJapanese
PercePURSEnglish