Alternative form of big lie

(often politics or public policy, often preceded by the) The policy or practice of insistently making a false claim which is so emphatic and grandiose that listeners and readers will reckon that the claim must be true because no one would dare to fabricate something so forceful and extravagant; a false claim produced by the application of this policy or practice.

(Britain) lay of the land

To do nothing in particular; to be idle. / To be in an unknown place.

(transitive, idiomatic) to put oneself at the whim of, to bow down to / (transitive, idiomatic) (especially of something honorific) to be situated in front of

(nautical, transitive) To remain at a safe distance from (another vessel or hazard)

(intransitive) To lie down from a sitting position / To relax, to exert less effort

(archaic) To be incumbent upon; to be up to (someone); to be obligatory upon. / To lie on. / (obsolete) To importune; to urge; to solicit.

plural of lie detector

(informal) A polygraph, a device which measures and records several physiological variables such as blood pressure, heart rate, respiration and skin conductivity while a series of questions is being asked to a subject, in an attempt to detect lies.