give the lie to

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Meaning: (idiomatic,transitive)Torevealorprove(something) to befalse; torefute.They found plenty of emails thatgave the lie tohis assertion that he didn't know about the incident.1610–1611(date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward]Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene iii],page103, line84:As you like this,give me the lieanother time.1934,Agatha Christie, chapter 9, inMurder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published2017, page262:The automatic under his pillowgave the lie tothat statement.2011July 18,John Cassidy, “Mastering the Machine”, inThe New Yorker‎[1],→ISSN:The bet against Treasuriesgave the lie toa criticism sometimes made of Dalio—that he is basically a bond-market investor, who has benefitted from a twenty-year rally in bonds.

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