lie about

1. [for someone] to recline lazily somewhere. She just lay about through her entire vacation. Don't lie about all the time. Get busy.

2. [for something] to be located somewhere casually and carelessly, perhaps for a long time. This hammer has been lying about for a week. Put it away! Why are all these dirty dishes lying about?

lie about someone or something (to someone)

to say something untrue about someone or something to someone. I wouldn't lie about my boss to anyone! I wouldn't lie about anything like that!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
GØRan	-	Norwegian
Eve	EEV (English), EV (French)	English, French, Biblical
Feofilakt	-	Russian
Pedja	-	Serbian
Inga	ING-ah (Swedish), ING-gah (German), EEN-gah (Russian)	Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, German, Russian, Ancient Scandinavian, A
Democritus	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)