live down
verb
- to live so as to wipe out the memory or effects of
Wiktionary
verb
- To live so as to subdue or refute.
“to live down slander”
“Local opinion held Mr. Underwood to be an intense, profane little man, whose father in a fey fit of humor christened Braxton Bragg, a name Mr. Underwood had done his best to live down.”
- To cause others to forget about something embarrassing that happened to oneself.
“I'll never be able to live down that time my pants fell down at the school dance.”