live down

verb2

1. •
   To live so as to subdue or refute.

   • 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. — 1960
2. •
   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.