lie behind

phrasal verb

lay behind; lain behind; lying behind; lies behind
: to be the cause of (something)
Greed lies behind the higher prices.

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The important breakthroughs, though, lie behind the numbers. Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 12 June 2025 The Great Filter may lie behind us, meaning life on Earth already beat the odds in overcoming some catastrophe, allowing our civilization to develop. Rebecca Charbonneau, Scientific American, 6 Feb. 2025 The sum of human suffering, climate change, and other existential threats may lie behind the reasoning of proponents of this school of thought. Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025 Tonge reveals the complex religious dynamics that lie behind the AKP’s hold on political power and the deep, immensely varied religious commitments that survived attempts by twentieth-century reformers to separate religion and politics. Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lie behind

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“Lie behind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lie%20behind. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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