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Phrase(s): lie about someone or something (to someone)
to say something untrue about someone or something to someone. • I wouldn’t lie about my boss to anyone! • I wouldn’t lie about anything like that!, Phrase(s): lie about
1. [for someone] to recline lazily somewhere. • She just lay about through her entire vacation. • Don’t lie about all the time. Get busy. 2. [for something] to be located somewhere casually and carelessly, perhaps for a long time. • This hammer has been lying about for a week. Put it away! • Why are all these dirty dishes lying about?
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs