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give the lie to

verb

Definitions

  1. To reveal or prove (something) to be false

    To reveal or prove (something) to be false; to refute.

    • They found plenty of emails that gave the lie to his assertion that he didn't know about the incident.
    • As you like this, give me the lie another time.
    • The automatic under his pillow gave the lie to that statement.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for give the lie to. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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