give the lie to

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To reveal or prove (something) to be false; to refute. idiomatic,transitive
    — They found plenty of emails that gave the lie to his assertion that he didn't know about the incident.

词形变化

gives the lie to present,singular,third-person giving the lie to participle,present gave the lie to past given the lie to participle,past
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