tell+a+lie

  • 1tell a lie — index bear false witness, fabricate (make up), misguide, misstate, perjure, prevaricate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. Will …

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  • 2tell a lie — lie, relay a falsehood, not tell the truth …

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  • 3I tell a lie — british spoken phrase used when you realize that something you have just said is not correct There were only five people at the meeting – I tell a lie – there were six. Thesaurus: ways of explaining or clarifyinghyponym to make something easier… …

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  • 4That's No Way to Tell a Lie — Infobox Single Name = That s No Way to Tell a Lie Artist = James Dean Bradfield from Album = The Great Western Released = July 10 2006 Format = CD, Vinyl record (7 ) Recorded = 2005 Genre = Rock Length = 3:08 Label = Columbia Records Producer =… …

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  • 5It's a Sin to Tell a Lie — is a 1936 popular song by Billy Mayhew. Originally introduced by Fats Waller, it was revived in 1955 by Somethin Smith and the Redheads, reaching #7 on the Billboard charts in that year. John Denver tells a story about the song and does a cover… …

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  • 6I tell a lie — British spoken used when you realize that something you have just said is not correct There were only five people at the meeting – I tell a lie – there were six …

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  • 7lie — Ⅰ. lie [1] ► VERB (lying; past lay; past part. lain) 1) be in or assume a horizontal or resting position on a supporting surface. 2) be or remain in a specified state. 3) reside or be found. 4) …

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  • 8Lie detection — is the practice of determining whether someone is lying. Activities of the bodynot easily controlled by the conscious mind are compared under different circumstances. Usually this involves askingthe subject control questions where the answers are …

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  • 9tell a white lie — tell a lie about a trivial matter as to not harm or hurt a person …

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  • 10Lie — For other uses, see Lie (disambiguation) A lie (also called prevarication, falsehood) is a type of deception in the form of an untruthful statement, especially with the intention to deceive others. To lie is to state something with disregard to… …

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