lie with

phrasal verb

lay with; lain with; lying with; lies with

—used to say who has the blame or responsibility for something

Responsibility for the accident lies with the company.

literary : to have sex with (someone)

when he first lay with her

Examples of lie with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Part of the blame lies with EU regulators who designed rules allowing carmakers to profitably build massive, unaffordable technical tour de forces, while penalizing small cars. —

Neil Winton, Forbes, 8 Sep. 2024 Their concern lies with the momentum of key labor-market metrics such as unemployment, job growth and hiring. —

Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 6 Sep. 2024 The challenge lies with having ideas that are related to emerging trends, involve more than the company can do on its own, require nurturing, and are cross-functional in nature. —

Stephen Wunker, Harvard Business Review, 5 Sep. 2024 The answer, at least in part, lies with the construction program. —

Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for lie with

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