Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with lie in American Collocation
lie
noun
countable
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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- One-star words are commonly used
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- Three-star words are the most frequently used
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/laɪ/
complete or obvious
barefaced
blatant
complete
downright
outright
This is a blatant lie and you know it.
serious
big
They have been caught out in a big lie.
told to avoid upsetting someone
white
It might be better to tell a little white lie.
deliberate
deliberate
I do not believe that the Prime Minister stands up there and tells us deliberate lies.
tell a lie or lies
spread
tell
She accused Susan of spreading vicious lies about her.
believe a lie
believe
Perhaps he started to believe his own lies.
make a lie known
expose
We have had to fight a battle to expose the lies of our leaders.
pack
tissue
web
This unfortunately turned out to be a pack of lies.
The case against him was based on a tissue of lies.