"lie before" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-lie before.ogg [Australia] Forms: lies before [present, singular, third-person], lying before [participle, present], lay before [past], lain before [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lie<,,lay,lain> before}} lie before (third-person singular simple present lies before, present participle lying before, simple past lay before, past participle lain before)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) to put oneself at the whim of, to bow down to Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-lie_before-en-verb-a9xoTVmA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (before) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (before): 58 42
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) (especially of something honorific) to be situated in front of Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-lie_before-en-verb-xMsTEiWE

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for lie before meaning in English (1.8kB)

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    },
    {
      "form": "lay before",
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        "past"
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    },
    {
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        {
          "text": "I lie before you today begging for help."
        }
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