GIVE THE LIE TO

Meaning of GIVE THE LIE TO in English

phrasal to accuse of falsehood, to show to be false, inaccurate, or invalid

Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012

GIVE THE LIE TO — phrasal 1. : to accuse of falsehood they gave the queen the lie — Richard Bancroft 2. : to show …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GIVE THE LIE TO — 1. : to accuse of falsehood 2. : to show to be false, inaccurate, or invalid
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GIVE THE LIE TO — 1 : to accuse of falsehood 2 : to show to be false, inaccurate, or invalid
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
GIVE THE LIE TO — serve to show that (something assumed to be the case) is not true. → lie
Concise Oxford English vocab
GIVE THE LIE TO — {v. phr.}, {literary} 1. To call (someone) a liar. * /The police gave the lie to the man who said …
Slang English vocab
GIVE THE LIE TO — DISPROVE, contradict, negate, deny, refute, rebut, controvert, belie, invalidate, discredit, debunk; challenge, call into question; informal shoot full of holes, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
GIVE THE LIE TO — {v. phr.}, {literary} 1. To call (someone) a liar. * /The police gave the lie to the man who said …
Словарь английских идиом
GIVE THE LIE TO — v. phr. , literary 1. To call (someone) a liar. The police gave the lie to the man who said …
American Idioms English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LIE — I. ˈlī verb ( lay ˈlā ; lain ˈlān ; or archaic lien ˈlï(ə)n ; ly·ing ˈlīiŋ ; lies ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GIVE — I. ˈgiv verb ( gave ˈgāv ; or nonstandard give ˈgiv ; or dialect gin ˈgin ; or guv ˈgəv …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIE — (adj.) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
LIE — ( adj. ) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LIE — lie 1 /luy/ , n. , v. , lied, lying . n. 1. a false statement made with deliberate intent …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GIVE — — givable, giveable , adj. , n. — givee , n. — giver , n. /giv/ , v. , gave, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIE — I. ˈlī intransitive verb ( lay ˈlā ; lain ˈlān ; ly·ing ˈlī-iŋ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English licgan; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
GIVE — I. ˈgiv verb ( gave ˈgāv ; giv·en ˈgi-vən ; giv·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LIE — noun ·see lye. 2. lie ·noun anything which misleads or disappoints. 3. lie ·adj to be still or quiet, like …
Webster English vocab
GIVE — vi to have a misgiving. 2. give ·vi to become soft or moist. 3. give ·vi to give a gift …
Webster English vocab
LIE — [lie] vi lay ; lain ; ly.ing [ME, fr. OE licgan; akin to OHG ligen to lie, L lectus bed, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
GIVE — [give] vb gave ; giv.en ; giv.ing [ME, of Scand origin; akin to OSw giva to give; akin to OE …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LIE — I . / laɪ; NAmE / verb , noun —see also lie (II) ■ verb ( lies , lying , …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GIVE — / gɪv; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( gave / geɪv; NAmE / given / ˈgɪvn; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIE — I. lie 1 S2 W1 /laɪ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense lay /leɪ/, past participle lain /leɪn/, present participle …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIE — n. & v. --n. 1 an intentionally false statement (tell a lie; pack of lies). 2 imposture; false belief (live …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIE — v. & n. --v.intr. (lying; past lay; past part. lain) 1 be in or assume a horizontal position on a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GIVE — v. & n. --v. (past gave; past part. given) 1 tr. (also absol.; often foll. by to) transfer the possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIE — n. & v. n. 1 an intentionally false statement (tell a lie; pack of lies). 2 imposture; false belief (live …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIE — v. & n. v.intr. (lying; past lay; past part. lain) 1 be in or assume a horizontal position on a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GIVE — v. & n. v. (past gave; past part. given) 1 tr. (also absol.; often foll. by to) transfer the possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIE — 1. v. & n. --v.intr. (lying; past lay; past part. lain) 1. be in or assume a horizontal position on …
Oxford English vocab
GIVE — v. & n. --v. (past gave; past part. given) 1. tr. (also absol.; often foll. by to) transfer the possession …
Oxford English vocab
LIE — I. POSITION OR SITUATION /laɪ/ ( lies, lying, lay, lain) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a mist hangs/lies somewhere (= stays in a place ) ▪ A thick mist …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GIVE — Synonyms and related words : abalienate, abandon, abstain from, accommodate, accord, act, adaptability, administer, afford, agreeability, aid, air, alien, alienate, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GIVE — n. give away give back give off give out give over give up self giving given name
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LIE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big , big fat ( informal ), great , monstrous ▪ He told a big fat …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LIE — INDEX: to lie down 1. to lie down after you have been standing or sitting 2. to be in a …
Longman Activator English vocab
GIVE — INDEX: 1. to give something to someone without expecting to be paid for it 2. to give something to everyone …
Longman Activator English vocab
GIVE — n. 25B6; verb he gave them £2000 : PRESENT WITH, provide with, supply with, furnish with, let someone have; hand …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIE — v. 1 recline, stretch out, be prostrate or recumbent or prone or supine I'm going to lie down for a …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
GIVE — v. 1 present, deliver, pass (over), turn or hand over, confer, vouchsafe, provide, supply, furnish, bestow, donate, accord, afford, award, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIE — I 1. сущ. ложь, неправда, обман to pack, tissue, web of lies ≈ плести паутину лжи to tell a lie …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIE — lie.ogg _I 1. laı n 1> ложь white lie - невинная ложь; ложь во спасение thumping lie - наглая ложь …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LIE — _I 1. laı n 1) ложь white lie - невинная ложь; ложь во спасение thumping lie - наглая ложь to …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LIE — I 1. сущ. ложь, неправда, обман pack, tissue, web of lies — паутина лжи to tell a lie — говорить …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
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Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LIE — I 1. сущ. ложь, неправда, обман pack, tissue, web of lies — паутина лжи to tell a lie — говорить неправду, врать, обманывать bald-faced lie, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
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Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
LIE — _I 1. _n. ложь, обман; to give the lie to smb. - уличать, изобличать кого-л. во лжи; to give the …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
LIE — I 1. n. ложь, обман; to give the lie to smb. - уличать, изобличать кого-л. во лжи; to give the …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
GIVE — давать, передавать to give a cover coat — наносить последний слой лакокрасочного покрытия to give a final touch — обработать, шлифовать, сглаживать, …
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
GIVE — гл. 1) давать, предоставлять 2) дарить 3) платить • - give an account - give an account - give an opportunity - give and take - give consideration to - …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
LIE — _I laɪ 1. _n. ложь, обман; to give the lie to smb. уличать, изобличать кого-л. во лжи; to give the …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
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Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
LIE — 1) ложь | лгать 2) лежать (об обязанности, риске и т.д.) 3) принадлежать (о праве предъявления иска, подачи апелляции, осуществления контроля и …
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