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lie doggo

verb
/laɪ ˈdɒɡəʊ/UK/laɪ ˈdɔɡoʊ/US

Etymology

From lie + doggo, referring to the tendency of dogs to lie quietly and sleep lightly. Doggo is probably from dog + -o (colloquializing suffix).

  1. derived from dox — “dark, swarthy”
  2. inherited from dogga
  3. inherited from dogge
  4. formed as lie doggo — “dog + -o”

Definitions

  1. To lie quiet and still in order to avoid detection

    To lie quiet and still in order to avoid detection; also (by extension), to stay hidden by being discreet and not drawing attention; to keep a low profile, to lie low.

    • I used to send out spies, and act on their information. As soon as a man came in and told me of a gang in hiding, I'd take thirty men with some grub, and go out and look for them, while the other subaltern lay doggo in camp.
    • Do you think he's done something that we don't know about, and is lying doggo on account of the police?
    • [I]f we lay doggo where we was, Jerry might miss us, though he didn't seem to be missin' much that evenin'. […] Lyin' doggo was our best chance.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA