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lie behind

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lie behind someone or something 
1. [for something] to be positioned to the rear of someone or something. A wide expanse of water lay behind the sentry, and a narrow roadway lay in front. A vast field lies behind the house.
2. [for something] to be in someone's or a group's past. Now that all of our difficulties lie behind us, we can get on with our business. The busy season lay behind the company and people could take their vacations.
See also: behind, lie

lie behind something
to explain or be the reason for something I wonder what lay behind his decision to quit school.
See also: behind, lie


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In dry, level country, take up an easily accessible position with rising ground to your right and on your rear, so that the danger may be in front, and safety lie behind.
Doubtless some of the difficult things to understand which lie behind the veil will in time be shown to us to see and to understand.
Within the temples that lie behind the ramparts a million fighting-men are ever ready.
 
 
 
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