lie low
Example Sentences
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After a newsworthy mishap, his agent advises him to lie low, which is impossible for him to do; there is no itch he won’t scratch, and no good advice he’ll actually follow.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
If you’re hiking with a group, and are within a few hours of help, your best bet may be to lie low.
From Slate • Aug. 19, 2023
He told me, via text, that he was "going to lie low for the moment".
From BBC • May 23, 2023
You'd think that if Santos had any common sense, he'd lie low and try to weather the storm.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2023
And wouldn’t those secluded Albanian woods have seemed an excellent refuge when, so much later, Voldemort had needed a place to lie low, undisturbed, for ten long years?
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
