Phrase Hound found 126 phrases and 134 compound words that contain lie. The most common are listed below. Open lie in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 126
- lie downTo assume a horizontal position.
- lie in stateTo be ceremonially placed in a state building after death to allow the public to pay their respects, often followed by a state funeral.
- lie in waitTo be hiding, waiting to ambush or attack someone, or simply to accost them unexpectedly.
- lie in honorTo lie in state while the designated guards of honor keep watch over the remains.
- live a lieTo conceal something about oneself, without the knowledge of which others cannot know one's true character or perspective.
- white lieA deliberately untrue statement which is intended to produce a favorable result; especially, one which is judged to be better than an overhonest alternative, as for example to remain polite in a superficial social exchange, or to choose …
- lie detectorA device designed to detect or indicate when a person is lying by measuring and recording several physiological variables.
- living a liepresent participle and gerund of live a lie
- lie aheadTo be going to happen in the future; to be in store.
- Lie groupAny group that is a smooth manifold and whose group operations are differentiable.
- put to lieSynonym of give the lie to: To reveal or prove (something) to be false; to refute.
- lived a liesimple past and past participle of live a lie
- give the lieTo respond to an insult, accusation, or falsehood by saying the offender is lying, particularly in the context of provoking a challenge to a duel.
- blue lieA lie told by a police officer in order to get someone to comply with his or her wishes, thereby avoiding the use of force.
- let sleeping dogs lieTo leave things as they are; especially, to avoid restarting or rekindling an old argument; to leave disagreements in the past.
- big lieThe policy or practice of insistently making a false claim which is so emphatic and grandiose that listeners and readers will reckon that the claim must be true because no one would dare to fabricate something so forceful and extravagant …
- Lie bracketThe commutation operation [a,b]=ab-ba.
- Lie algebraAn algebra over a field whose bilinear product is alternating (or, equivalently for a bilinear product, anticommutative) and satisfies the Jacobi identity. Such a bilinear product is called a Lie bracket.
- butler lieA polite lie told in a text, on the phone, or through a similar electronic medium that provides an excuse for why one is unavailable.
- little white lieAlternative form of white lie: A deliberately untrue statement which is intended to produce a favorable result; especially, one which is judged to be better than an overhonest alternative, as for example to remain polite in a superficial …
- lie in the wayTo be readily available, at hand.
- lie lowTo conceal oneself; to remain hidden.
- the cake is a lieThe end being pursued is unattainable or misguided; the reward promised is false.
- gave the liesimple past of give the lie
- given the liepast participle of give the lie: To respond to an insult, accusation, or falsehood by saying the offender is lying, particularly in the context of provoking a challenge to a duel.
Compound words 134
- liarSomeone who tells a lie; especially, a person who frequently lies.
- underlieTo lie in a position directly beneath something.
- belieTo lie around; encompass.
- lierA person or thing that lies, in the sense of being horizontal.
- overlieTo lie over or upon
- LiebourThe Labour Party (with an implication that its leadership are liars).
- testilieTo commit perjury (as a police officer).
- interlieTo lie between.
- delieTo deny and lie simultaneously.
- forlieTo lie with.