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lie about

1. [for someone] to recline lazily somewhere. She just lay about through her entire vacation. Don't lie about all the time. Get busy.

2. [for something] to be located somewhere casually and carelessly, perhaps for a long time. This hammer has been lying about for a week. Put it away! Why are all these dirty dishes lying about?

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You could think to come all the way over here from Jackson's Island in the night to laugh at our troubles, and you could think to fool me with a lie about a dream; but you couldn't ever think to pity us and save us from sorrow. Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context But you told me a deliberate lie about her people, and that I never shall forgive. A Thief in the Night by Hornung, E. W. View in context Of course, his position at the Surete was against us; but when we saw the evident eagerness on his part to find convicting evidence against Darzac, nay, even the passion he displayed in his pursuit of the man, the lie about the cane should have had a new meaning for us. The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context			level up level with levy on liar is not believed when he tells the truth liberate from liberty license license to do lick lick and a promise lick at lick boots lick chops lick into shape lick lips Lick my arse! lick of work lick off lick up lick wounds lickety-split licking lid lid on lie lie about lie ahead of lie alongside lie around lie at anchor lie at death's door lie back lie behind lie beyond lie doggo lie down lie down on lie down on the job lie down under lie fallow lie in lie in ruins lie in state lie in wait lie like a rug lie low lie out lie through teeth lie to lie with lie within			LIDOS LIDOS Lidov, Aleksandr Lidov, Aleksandr Pavlovich LIDP LIDQS LIDR LIDRN LIDRS lids lids lids lids lids Lids & Lashes Lidstone, Young, Anderson LIDT LIDU LIDV Lidval, Fedor Lidval, Fedor Ivanovich Lidy Groot Congress Events Lidzbarski, Mark lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie about lie about or around lie across lie adjacent to lie against lie ahead of Lie algebra Lie algebra homomorphism Lie algebras lie alongside lie around lie around lie around lie around lie around lie at anchor lie at death's door lie at the bottom of lie awake lie back lie back lie before lie before someone or something lie behind lie behind lie beside lie beyond Lie bracket lie concealed lie contiguous to Lie Coordination Committee

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