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lie low

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1. lie low - Verb

2. lie low - Phrase

Meaning

keep a low profile, try to be inconspicuous

to try to avoid detection especially by police

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After we knock off that liquor store we'll have to lay low for a while Source: Internet

As a Palmachnik, Rabin and his men had to lie low to avoid arousing inquiry from the British administration. Source: Internet

But the night Scott Summers moves into Xavier's mansion, Amelia leaves him, believing Charles would have changed his view and that mutants should lie low. Source: Internet

The mission was largely a failure after Wanda's power caused the Hulk to go on a berserk rampage, so Barton decided to pilot the quinjet to his farm where the group could lie low and reassess their situation in relative safety. Source: Internet

In the few cases where they are sacked, they lie low for some time only to be reappointed into positions of the same level as previously or even sometimes higher. Source: Internet

When the big fish fight the shrimps must lie low. Source: Internet

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