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lie in one's throat

lie in one's throat verb: to lie (tell a falsehood) flatly or outright.

Verb

lie in one's throat (third-person singular simple present lies in one's throat, present participle lying in one's throat, simple past lay in one's throat, past participle lain in one's throat)

  1. (idiomatic, obsolete) To lie (tell a falsehood) flatly or outright.
    • I know not where he lodges, and for mee to deuise a lodging, and say he lies heere, or he lies there, were to lye in mine owne throat.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Forms of lie in one's throat

third-person singular presentlies in one's throat
present participlelying in one's throat
pastlay in one's throat
past participlelain in one's throat

Questions about lie in one's throat

What does lie in one's throat mean?
Lie in one's throat means to lie (tell a falsehood) flatly or outright.
What part of speech is lie in one's throat?
Lie in one's throat is a verb.
What is the past tense of lie in one's throat?
The past tense of lie in one's throat is lay in one's throat.

Words near lie in one's throat in the dictionary

  1. Lie groups
  2. lie ill in one's mouth
  3. lie in
  4. lie in ambush
  5. lie in honor
  6. lie in one's throat
  7. lie in repose
  8. lie in state
  9. lie in the bed one has made
  10. lie in the way
  11. lie in wait

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