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Lay vs Lie: A Practical Tense Guide

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Lie

//laɪ̯//

Synonyms for "lie" (231 found)

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Informal (34)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

run hold

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(6 words)

set go lay quarter bent sham

Name, noun, verb, slang(7 words)

pass line fix rest carry reach trend

Intj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

point story

Noun, verb, slang(11 words)

spread shift track stretch ride hide masquerade cheat tale attitude fib

Adj, adv, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

way

Adv, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

course

Adj, noun, slang(1 words)

tenor

Verb, slang(1 words)

go out

Noun, slang(2 words)

frontage bouncer

General use (197)

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

cover

Noun, verb(23 words)

stand drift sweep position repose extend crawl surround flimflam aspect heading remain lounge sprawl fable flam yarn libel mislead steering

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recline blague piloting

Verb(39 words)

rest take in encompass beguile persist evade disappear deceive occur dwell stretch out falsify grovel exist equivocate loll misrepresent prevaricate palter lie in

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delude thrust out consist reach out lie low misstate sit tight lie down stretch the truth misguide inhere hole up draw the longbow take cover misinform be there indwell misinstruct shift about

Noun(85 words)

cap bluff story rubbish cram inclination prevarication nonsense direction red flag exposure bullshit distortion chin hummer goof exaggeration invention tendency jive

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Name, noun, verb(4 words)

range span aim burrow

Adj, noun, verb(1 words)

bearing

Adj, name, noun(1 words)

current

Adj, verb(2 words)

distort exaggerate

Adv, noun, verb(2 words)

straddle environ

Name, verb(1 words)

reside

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lie flatly speak falsely tell a lie ride at anchor lie athwart ride easy ride hawse full

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