Lie Low (Verb)
Meaning 1
Keep a low profile, try to be inconspicuous.
Classification
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
To try to avoid detection especially by police; "After we knock off that liquor store we'll have to lay low for a while".
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- The fugitives will have to lie low in a remote location until the investigation dies down.
- The gang attempted to blend in and lie low after they pulled off the big heist.
- To avoid further trouble with the law, the suspect decided to lie low until her name was cleared.
- The group of robbers agreed to lie low for a few weeks before spending any of the stolen cash.
- He had to lie low after he got into a fight at the local bar and the cops were looking for him.