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
Maybe, they hoped, this would all pass if they stayed quiet and lay low.
From Salon • Aug. 24, 2025
Todd Cummings decided to drive from Santa Cruz to the Lake Tahoe area ahead of the storm with plans to lay low during the blizzard and then hit the slopes.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 29, 2024
Marley performs the concert but jets off to London immediately thereafter, settling in to lay low and write his seminal album, “Exodus.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024
Uncle Duke saw Monkeyman in the barbershop and told him to lay low for a while.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
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