give the lie to

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give the lie to something

Fig. to show that something is a lie. The evidence gives the lie to your testimony. Your own admission of your part in the conspiracy gives the lie to your earlier testimony.

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Foot and eye shall not lie, nor give the lie to each other. Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context She then made an extraordinary effort to receive him, but never did a more distressed countenance give the lie to a more amiable smile. The Three Musketeers by Dumas, Alexandre View in context The archdeacon hesitated for a moment, then he allowed a gloomy smile to escape, which seemed to give the lie to his response: " Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context			give right arm give rise to give short shrift give some lip give some skin give some sugar give some thought to give static give teeth to give the benefit of the doubt give the boot give the cold shoulder give the creeps give the devil his due give the elbow give the evil eye give the eye give the finger give the game away give the gate give the glad eye give the green light give the heave ho give the heebie-jeebies give the kiss of life give the lie to give the nod give the once-over give the push give the raspberry give the rough side of tongue give the runaround give the shaft give the shirt off back give the shits give the shivers give the slip give the thumbs down give the thumbs up give the time of day give the willies Give them hell! give tit for tat give to on a plate give to on a platter give to understand give under threat of give up as a bad job give up for dead give up hope give up the fight			give the eye give the facts give the finger give the finger give the finger give the finger give the flick give the floor to give the game away give the game away give the game away give the gate give the gate give the glad eye give the glad eye give the glad eye give the go-by give the green light give the hairy eyeball give the hairy eyeball give the hairy eyeball give the heave ho give the heebie-jeebies give the hook give the hook give the hook give the hook give the hook give the impression give the kiss of life give the lie to give the meaning give the mind to give the nod give the nod give the nod give the nod give the nod to give the once over give the once-over give the particulars give the pip give the pip give the pip give the pip give the push give the push give the push give the push give the push give the raspberry give the right to vote give the rough side of tongue give the runaround give the sack give the shaft give the shirt off back give the shits give the shits give the shivers give the shove

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