give the lie to
Example Sentences
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They said they expect “overwhelming evidence to give the lie to this defense,” and they called it improper and prejudicial for Bankman-Fried to malign Ellison’s credibility before the trial.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2023
International law must be employed to give the lie to these threats.
From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2022
But a 50-year-old audio tape of conversations between the Fab Four appears to give the lie to that narrative, their biographer Mark Lewisohn tells Richard Williams.
From The Guardian • Sep. 11, 2019
Here are a few films that give the lie to the lyric “summertime and the livin’ is easy.”
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2016
"There is my grandfather, whom Alsace once elected to protest, and who cannot to-day give the lie to all his past life."
From The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s by Bazin, Ren?
