"lie doggo" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-lie doggo.ogg [Australia] Forms: lies doggo [present, singular, third-person], lying doggo [participle, present], lay doggo [past], lain doggo [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lie<,,lay,lain> doggo}} lie doggo (third-person singular simple present lies doggo, present participle lying doggo, simple past lay doggo, past participle lain doggo)
  1. (slang) To lie still and quiet in order to avoid detection. Tags: slang Synonyms: lie low Translations (lie still and quiet): затаи́ться (zataítʹsja) [neuter, perfective] (Russian), зале́чь на дно (zaléčʹ na dno) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-lie_doggo-en-verb-MJSXa9hf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1946, Rebecca West, “Greenhouse with Cyclamens I,”, in A Train of Powder,, pages 56–7",
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