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lie with
Idioms and Phrases
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]Example Sentences
His unearned post-9/11 goodwill also made it tougher for the press to approach his lies with the skepticism they deserved.
He does not have the authority to sign the type of free-trade agreement India and the UK finalised earlier this week - this lies with Congress.
But he believes that the fault lies with the consumer countries.
For agency workers, the responsibility lies with the agency to conduct the relevant checks.
But Kennedy sells the lies with an appealing message that the homespun wisdom of "moms" should be trusted over what all those scientists and doctors have to say.
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