to respond to an insult, accusation, or falsehood by saying the offender is lying, particularly in the context of provoking a challenge to a duel
Etymology:
- give + the + lie, where lie is used in an obsolete sense to mean a claim that someone is lying.
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Submitted on July 10, 2018
Additional definitions for 'give the lie':
| give the lie | Used in give the lie to. |
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give up the ghostgive someone the runaroundI tell a lieGive Someone the Third Degreegive something a trygive the bootgive what forGive Your Eyeteeth for SomethingGive Up the Ghostgive the elbowgive someone the slipGive Someone the Shirt off Your Backgive the benefit of the doubtgive something a miss
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