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live a lie

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live a lie
to live a life that is dishonest because you are pretending to be something that you are not, either to yourself or to other people Walker, who admitted that he was gay last year, spoke of the relief he felt at no longer having to live a lie.
See also: lie, live

live a lie
to spend your life as someone else For all of his adult life, he lived a lie and didn't confess even to his family that he was a spy.
See also: lie, live


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If you are yourself your date might not be impressed, but at least you do not have to continue to live a lie to keep that person happy.
If you don't want to live a lie, stop the guessing games and ask him what's going on.
Later in the week, the Rovers' landlady decides she can no longer live a lie and comes clean to Linda.
 
 
 
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