give the lie to
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They said they expect “overwhelming evidence to give the lie to this defense,” and they called it improper and prejudicial for Bankman-Fried to malign Ellison’s credibility before the trial.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2023
But a 50-year-old audio tape of conversations between the Fab Four appears to give the lie to that narrative, their biographer Mark Lewisohn tells Richard Williams.
From The Guardian • Sep. 11, 2019
Those who preach from Exodus, and from Matthew, Isaiah and Amos, give the lie to the idea that religious faith is inevitably conformist, reactionary or inclined toward worship of those in power.
From Washington Post • Jul. 21, 2019
Here are a few films that give the lie to the lyric “summertime and the livin’ is easy.”
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2016
Shall his want of faith be thought justly to give the lie to so many persons of the highest honour and quality, and of the most undoubted integrity?
From The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell A Gentlen, who, tho' Deaf and Dumb, Writes down any Stranger's name at first Sight; by Defoe, Daniel
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