lie low
Example Sentences
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Most small businesses were shuttered and schools were closed as workers stayed at home, lying low with their families.
From BBC
He felt he had two options: "Go to the police and say, 'I'm in the Interpol system,'" and risk arrest or lie low.
From BBC
Because the former One Direction star excels at lying low, “when he arrives, it is an event,” said Mark Adams, vice president of contemporary hit radio programming for iHeartMedia.
Being a de facto enemy of the state quickly teaches you where is it safe to be yourself, who are your allies, when to lie low — and when to fight back.
From Los Angeles Times
I sign back to Autumn, “I don’t know if I buy it. But we’ve seen some wild things already. If what Ama is saying is true, then we need to lie low.”
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
