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You use lie in expressions such as lie ahead, lie in store, and lie in wait when you are talking about what someone is going to experience in the future, especially when it is something unpleasant or difficult. She'd need all her strength and bravery to cope with what lay in store The President's most serious challenges lie ahead
You can talk about where something such as a problem, solution, or fault lies to say what you think it consists of, involves, or is caused by. The problem lay in the large amounts spent on defence
You can use lie to say what position a competitor or team is in during a competition. I was going well and was lying fourth Blyth Tait is lying in second place
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You can use lie to say that something is or remains in a particular state or condition. For example, if something lies forgotten, it has been and remains forgotten. The picture lay hidden in the archives for over 40 years His country's economy lies in ruins
to lie in state: see state to take something lying down: see take
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If you are lying somewhere, you are in a horizontal position and are not standing or sitting. There was a child lying on the ground He lay awake watching her for a long time
If you say that a place lies in a particular position or direction, you mean that it is situated there. The islands lie at the southern end of the Kurile chain. = sit
If an object lies in a particular place, it is in a flat position in that place. a newspaper lying on a nearby couch Broken glass lay scattered on the carpet
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