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verb/laɪ/
/laɪ/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they lie | /laɪ/ /laɪ/ |
| he / she / it lies | /laɪz/ /laɪz/ |
| past simple lied | /laɪd/ /laɪd/ |
| past participle lied | /laɪd/ /laɪd/ |
| -ing form lying | /ˈlaɪɪŋ/ /ˈlaɪɪŋ/ |
- to say or write something that you know is not true
- You could see from his face that he was lying.
- lie to somebody Don't lie to me!
- lie about something She lies about her age.
- lie about doing something He lied about having a university degree.
- The camera cannot lie (= give a false impression).
- She was unable to lie convincingly.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- convincingly
- easily
- constantly
- …
- about
- to
- lie through your teeth
- lie under oath
Word OriginOld English lyge (noun), lēogan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch liegen and German lügen.
Idioms
See lie in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee lie in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishlie through your teeth
- (informal) to say something that is not true at all
- The witness was clearly lying through his teeth.
lie your way into/out of something
- to get yourself into or out of a situation by lying
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