What does "lie" mean?

See lie in WNW Idioms

lie down on the job

Informal to put forth less than one's best efforts

lie in

to be in confinement for childbirth

lie off

Naut. to stay at a distance from shore or another ship

lie over

to stay and wait until some future time

lie to

Naut. to lie more or less stationary with the bow to the wind

take lying down

to submit to (punishment, a wrong, etc.) without protest

give the lie to

lie in one's throat

to tell a foul or outrageous lie

See lie in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Idioms

lie

/lay

low

lie through one's teeth

To lie outrageously or brazenly.

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