To live up to something is to be as good as what was promised or expected. Live up to the name, live up to expectations, fail to live up to it.
It nearly always appears where the thing did not, since the phrase is mostly used in the negative. What follows it is a standard, a reputation or a promise.
1phraselive up toTo be as good as what was promised or expected.
“Few sequels live up to the film that made the name.”
live up to is a phrase.
Practised in Phrasal Verbs