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give someone the lie in their throat

give someone the lie in their throat verb: to accuse one of a lie, to their face.

Verb

give someone the lie in their throat (third-person singular simple present gives someone the lie in their throat, present participle giving someone the lie in their throat, simple past gave someone the lie in their throat, past participle given someone the lie in their throat)

  1. (dated) To accuse one of a lie, to their face.

Forms of give someone the lie in their throat

third-person singular presentgives someone the lie in their throat
present participlegiving someone the lie in their throat
pastgave someone the lie in their throat
past participlegiven someone the lie in their throat

Questions about give someone the lie in their throat

What does give someone the lie in their throat mean?
Give someone the lie in their throat means to accuse one of a lie, to their face.
What part of speech is give someone the lie in their throat?
Give someone the lie in their throat is a verb.
What is the past tense of give someone the lie in their throat?
The past tense of give someone the lie in their throat is gave someone the lie in their throat.

Words near give someone the lie in their throat in the dictionary

  1. give someone the cold shoulder
  2. give someone the creeps
  3. give someone the eye
  4. give someone the gears
  5. give someone the heave-ho
  6. give someone the lie in their throat
  7. give someone the mitten
  8. give someone the old heave-ho
  9. give someone the runaround
  10. give someone the rush act
  11. give someone the shits

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