lay low
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“While we were in Hawaii, I heard the police were snooping around my finances and visiting my office. I decided to lay low for a while. Don’t worry. They’ll get bored and move along soon enough.”
From Literature
The perception on campus is that McInnis has tried to lay low.
Singer Burns, one of the traitors, told viewers she planned to "lay low" and go "under the radar", and it seems to be working so far.
From BBC
Maybe, they hoped, this would all pass if they stayed quiet and lay low.
From Salon
“I have to lay low, I think I’m gonna hide out at the playoff game tonight LOL.”
From Los Angeles Times
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