Idiom
give the lie to
Meaning
To reveal or prove (something) to be false; to refute.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“His actions give the lie to his kind words.”
“The company's poor financial report gave the lie to their claims of record-breaking profits this year.”
“The sudden discovery of the hidden documents gave the lie to the politician's long-standing narrative regarding his involvement in the scandal.”
Examples
simple
“His actions give the lie to his kind words.”
contextual
“The company's poor financial report gave the lie to their claims of record-breaking profits this year.”
complex
“The sudden discovery of the hidden documents gave the lie to the politician's long-standing narrative regarding his involvement in the scandal.”
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