lie to

verb

lay to; lain to; lying to; lies to

intransitive verb

of a ship
: to stay stationary with head to windward

Examples of lie to in a Sentence

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The cases against Meany — charged with two counts of deprivation of civil rights and two counts of lying to federal investigators — and Jaynes — charged with two counts of deprivation of civil rights, two counts of falsification of records and two counts of conspiracy — are still open. N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 21 July 2025 In a related development, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna on Saturday requested the Justice Department investigate Powell at a criminal level for what the Florida Republican charged was lying to Congress. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 21 July 2025 But then these final two episodes introduced a surprising villain, someone who can actually lie to Charlie and go undetected, who sets up this ending of Charlie being a fugitive again. Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 11 July 2025 On How America’s Next Top Model Is Like a Cult Throughout the book, Hartshorne explicitly describes the show as a cult, especially in the ways producers allegedly used isolation and outright lies to detach contestants from reality. Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 9 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for lie to

Word History

First Known Use

1711, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of lie to was in 1711

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“Lie to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lie%20to. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.

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