Be decided by, dependent on, or up to. For example, The choice of restaurant lies with you. Starting about 1300 this phrase meant "to have sexual intercourse with," a usage that is now obsolete.
[Late 1800s]
| Idioms: lie with |
Be decided by, dependent on, or up to. For example, The choice of restaurant lies with you. Starting about 1300 this phrase meant "to have sexual intercourse with," a usage that is now obsolete.
[Late 1800s]
| WordNet: lie with |
The verb has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
have sexual intercourse with
Synonyms: love, make out, make love, sleep with, get laid, have sex, know, do it, be intimate, have intercourse, have it away, have it off, screw, fuck, jazz, eff, hump, bed, have a go at it, bang, get it on, bonk
| Shopping: lie with |
| fabrication | |
| falsehood | |
| story |
| Do you lie? Read answer... | |
| What are lies? Read answer... | |
| Is he lying or not? Read answer... |
| What is an lied? | |
| Can answer be lied? | |
| What is a lying? |
Copyrights:
![]() | Idioms. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. Read more | |
![]() | WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Read more |
Mentioned in