lay low
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The perception on campus is that McInnis has tried to lay low.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025
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 • Oct. 10, 2025
Maybe, they hoped, this would all pass if they stayed quiet and lay low.
From Salon • Aug. 24, 2025
But we lay low here — I’ve got a pool, I can decompress, I chill, I love it.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2024
We’d make a good pile and then lay low awhile, living it up.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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