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lie about

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Verb1.lie about - hang around idly; "She did all the work while he lay around"
lie around
laze, slug, idle, stagnate - be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"


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You could think to come all the way over here from Jackson's Island in the night to laugh at our troubles, and you could think to fool me with a lie about a dream; but you couldn't ever think to pity us and save us from sorrow.
Tom Sawyer by Twain, Mark View in context
But you told me a deliberate lie about her people, and that I never shall forgive.
A Thief in the Night by Hornung, E. W. View in context
Of course, his position at the Surete was against us; but when we saw the evident eagerness on his part to find convicting evidence against Darzac, nay, even the passion he displayed in his pursuit of the man, the lie about the cane should have had a new meaning for us.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room by Leroux, Gaston View in context
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