lie doggo

Verb

lie doggo (third-person singular simple present lies doggo, present participle lying doggo, simple past lay doggo, past participle lain doggo)

1. (intransitive, slang) To lie quiet and still in order to avoid detection; also (by extension), to stay hidden by being discreet and not drawing attention; to keep a low profile, to lie low.
   • I used to send out spies, and act on their information. As soon as a man came in and told me of a gang in hiding, I'd take thirty men with some grub, and go out and look for them, while the other subaltern lay doggo in camp.1893, Rudyard Kipling, “A Conference of the Powers”, in Many Inventions, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 29
   • Do you think he's done something that we don't know about, and is lying doggo on account of the police?1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XV, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC, page 85

   Synonyms:

   play doggo