lie to

verb

1. intr, adverb nautical (of a vessel) to be hove to with little or no swinging

Example Sentences

She was also forced to lie to her hospital and relatives, claiming she was too ill to work or meet anyone.

From BBC

I’m not going to lie to you: Not everyone who is currently here is going to be here at the end of Trump’s first year.

From Slate

“The previous four years, my eyes didn’t lie to me,” said CT Tilghman, a 50-year-old arborist from Reading, Pa. “We’re seriously off track with where we’re going and what we’re doing.”

From Los Angeles Times

Besides, moans about players being ill suited to the new head coach’s systems give lie to the theory some hold that United only kept Ten Hag until something better comes along.

From BBC

While every honest observer knows this, the baseline neutrality that undergirds fact-checking prevents the fact-checkers from saying so; moreover, it requires them to pretend not just that each party is equally apt to lie to voters, but that the scope, intent, and implications of these lies are somehow functionally equivalent.

From Slate