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see lay someone low; lie low.

QUIZ

TAKE JOY IN ACING THIS QUIZ ON “PRIDE” SYNONYMS

Hold your head up high as you embark on this quiz that explores some of the synonyms and meanings of “pride.”

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What does "dignity" mean?

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One police officer was coolly dispatched as he lay wounded on the sidewalk.
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Fleshy breasts taunted him from low bikini tops, and fleshy thighs sloped from bikini bottoms.
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“He has to really stay on the down low, he has to make sure that he blends in,” Ney told the Beast.
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Like him, they identified the Airbus A320 as an airplane extremely well fitted to low cost airline operations in Asia.
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In their shelter, Brion and Ulv crouched low and wondered why the attack didn't come.
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A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
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The seed of discontent was again germinating under the duplicity of the Spanish lay and clerical authorities.
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It is low in chronic interstitial nephritis, diabetes insipidus, and many functional nervous disorders.
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At the sight, Felipe flung himself on his knees before her; he kissed the aged hands as they lay trembling in her lap.
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