VERB
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to try to avoid detection especially by police
After we knock off that liquor store we'll have to lay low for a while - keep a low profile, try to be inconspicuous
How To Use lie low In A Sentence
- On the few patches of dry ground, tropical rattlesnakes lie low, and in shallow pools, spectacled caiman doze just beneath the surface.
- He'll lie low and pretend he knows nothing about it.
- Petronella from the social swim, hoping that the scandals may fade from the public mind if they lie low for a while. WEEKEND FOR MURDER
- I shall lie low and pretend to know nothing about it.
- So you think you will just lie low and say nothing, do you, you leprous swine?
- A possible etymology for "lilo" could start with the phrase "lie low," which then inspired the punning brand name "LI-LO" (established for decades), which in turn gave rise to the generic "lilo" for any air mattress. Divided by a Common Language in The London Eye
- I agree that he needn't offer a specific plan, but I disagreed that he should lie low.
- Fish lie low till dusk, when they all promenade: the big-eyed scad form sinuous, silvery zeppelins, and traffic lanes of blue tang stream home from their day at the office.
- But the family that thrives on violence and extortion can't lie low for long. The Sun
- Mudflats lie lower in the upper intertidal zone than marshes and are smooth, almost level surfaces across which tidal creeks meander.
