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live under a rock

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live under a rock (third-person singular simple present lives under a rock, present participle living under a rock, simple past and past participle lived under a rock)

  1. (figurative) To be unaware of or be oblivious to common knowledge; to be isolated from knowledge of current events.
    Of course I know about Looney Tunes, SpongeBob SquarePants, and The Simpsons. I do not live under a rock.
  2. (Should we delete(+) this sense?) (figurative) To live in isolation.
    Roberta's wife attempted to live under a rock to avoid contracting diseases from her friends and family.

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