lie to

British  

verb

1. (intr, adverb) nautical (of a vessel) to be hove to with little or no swinging

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Example Sentences

Not even a white lie to avoid upsetting someone?

From The Wall Street Journal

As he vents at the climax, “They lie to everybody — they lie to the fish!”

From Los Angeles Times

Farrell said: "You might lie to protect your husband?"

From BBC

Mexico's Ciudad Juarez is just south and west of El Paso, and US Army base Fort Bliss and White Sands Missile Range lie to the north.

From BBC

“Because your old man wouldn’t lie to you. How are things there?”

From Literature