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'Lie low' vs 'lay low'

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#1 (permalink) Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:27 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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#2 (permalink) Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:30 am 'Lie low' vs 'lay low'

Hi Tom Look at definitions 50 and 51 here. I think that will answer your question. Amy

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