GIVE THE LIE TO

Meaning of GIVE THE LIE TO in English

phrasal

1. : to accuse of falsehood

they gave the queen the lie — Richard Bancroft

2. : to show the falsity of

the record … seems to have given the lie to ancient creeds — W.L.Sperry

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

GIVE THE LIE TO — phrasal to accuse of falsehood, to show to be false, inaccurate, or invalid
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
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
LIE
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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