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lie fallow

verb as in stagnate

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All your skill was used up ages ago in Palestine, and you must lie fallow for a thousand years to git strength for more deeds!'

I have not yet made up my mind what my next story is to be, but I must not lie fallow any longer when the new year is come.

Then Adam did what he called his "fall plowing," and left the bare brown sod to lie fallow.

The century seemed to lie fallow, as if preparing for the great birth of various genius which distinguished the succeeding age.

Then they allowed a bill to lie fallow (with the usual accretion of interest) for three or four years.

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On this page you'll find 28 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to lie fallow, such as: fester, hibernate, languish, stall, stand still, and constipate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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