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lie low

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lie low
to remain hidden so that you will not be found. We thought someone might have seen us leaving the building, so we figured we'd better lie low for a while.
See also: lie, low
lie low
to hide so you will not be caught by someone. All we could think to do was to get into the woods — any woods — as fast as possible and just lie low.
Usage notes: often confused in form with lay someone low to weaken someone
Related vocabulary: lie in wait
See also: lie, low
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Now THEY lie low in blood at thy hand; in a day to come, O King, THOU shalt lie low in blood at theirs.
Nada The Lily by Haggard, Rider H. View in context
No, it is not a clump of trees, but a dark shrouded pool, so full with the wintry rains that the under boughs of the elder-bushes lie low beneath the water.
Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context
Rocks, dark and of a monstrous size, hung high above his head, and like enough it seemed unto the knight that they should fall and he lie low beneath them.
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome, Jerome K. View in context
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