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'Lie low' vs 'lay low'



 
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'Lie low' vs 'lay low' Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:27 am  'Lie low' vs 'lay low'
 

Hi

I just heard in a movie:

1- He wouldn't lay low.

Shouldn't it be lie low?

Thanks

Tom
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'Lie low' vs 'lay low' Mon Nov 06, 2006 10:30 am  'Lie low' vs 'lay low'
 

Hi Tom

Look at definitions 50 and 51 here.

I think that will answer your question. Very Happy

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