lie behind

verb

lay behind; lain behind; lying behind; lies behind

: to be the cause of (something)

Greed lies behind the higher prices.

Examples of lie behind in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Inside the apartment, police found his mother lying behind the front door with multiple apparent stab wounds, according to WPLG. — Stepheny Price , Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026

The reveal has also become part of the fun, giving Mathis an excuse to surprise guests with what lies behind an otherwise ordinary bedroom mirror. — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 29 Aug. 2026

As a live-in housemaid for one of the town’s two Jewish families, Lautenschläger saw the lies behind Nazi propaganda. — Fern Schumer Chapman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

As in seasons past, episodes will explore the motives potentially lying behind the accused’s madness. — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 4 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for lie behind

• countersigned
• disinclined
• humankind
• interlined
• intertwined
• mastermind
• misaligned
• nonaligned
• predefined
• realigned
• reassigned
• recombined

Video

Lay vs. Lie

Editor Emily Brewster clarifies the difference.