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{
"form": "lies behind",
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"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "lying behind",
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "lay behind",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "lain behind",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
}
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},
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}
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"pos": "verb",
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lie, behind."
],
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"text": "What truly lies behind her sudden change of heart?",
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"To be the ultimate cause of."
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"form": "lies behind",
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},
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lie, behind."
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