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lie to someone (about someone or something)

to tell an untruth about someone or something to someone. You wouldn't lie to me about Sarah, would you? I'm not lying to you!

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The courts of the latter will of course be natural auxiliaries to the execution of the laws of the Union, and an appeal from them will as naturally lie to that tribunal which is destined to unite and assimilate the principles of national justice and the rules of national decisions. Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context It would be easy to lie to you; but the truth is I think it detestable. The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context But to lie to me, and to inveigle me with your lies into that house of all houses - that was not like you, Raffles - and I never shall forgive it or you A Thief in the Night by Hornung, E. W. View in context			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 life life after life and limb Life begins at forty life in the fast lane life in the raw life is cheap life is in hands Life is just a bowl of cherries Life is short and time is swift Life is too short Life isn't all beer and skittles life of the party Life's been good life's too short lifetime lift lift a finger lift a hand lift down lift from lift off lift the veil			Lie in Our Graves lie in ruins Lie in state lie in store lie in wait lie in wait lie in wait for lie like a rug lie low lie low lie low lie near lie near to lie next to Lie of the Day lie off lie on someone lie out lie over lie over Lie subalgebra lie through one's teeth lie through one's teeth lie through one's teeth lie through one's teeth lie through teeth lie through teeth lie through teeth lie through teeth lie through teeth lie to Lie to Me lie up lie up lie up lie up lie with lie with lie with lie with lie with lie within Lie Zi Lie, Cheat, Steal Lie, Jonas Lie, Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie, Marius Sophus Lie, Ottar Lie, Trygve Lie, Trygve Halvdan Lie, Trygve Halvdan Lie, Trygve Halvdan Lie, Trygve Halvdan lie-abed Lie-detector Lie-detector Lie-detector Lie-detector lie-down lie-downs lie-in

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