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Lie LowLie LowMeaning:
Keep out of sight; bide one's time.
Example: Origin:
There are many citations of variants of this little phrase dating back to the 13th century. Shakespeare used it in its present form in Much Ado About Nothing, 1599:
ANTONIO: If he could right himself with quarreling, Some of us would lie low. More recently the phrase has been adapted as the name of inflatable mattresses - marketed in the UK as Li-Los. Phrases Index |
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