lay low

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see lay someone low; lie low.

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Did you ever collect all those state quarters? Put them to good use on this quiz about curious state monikers and the facts around them.

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Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

The pulps brought new readers to serious fiction, making it less intimidating with alluring art and low prices.
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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.
Sense of Obligation|Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
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.
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson