lie with
phrasal verb
lay with; lain with; lying with; lies with
1
—used to say who has the blame or responsibility for something
Responsibility for the accident lies with the company.
2
literary
: to have sex with (someone)
when he first lay with her
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This seems a rather unoriginal name to be chosen by a woman whose talent lay with words.
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That information was provided by them, and the responsibility lies with them.
—ABC News, 30 Nov. 2025
Mercogliano said the Navy’s problems don’t lie with the shipyards.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
Should the deal stall, the fault would lie with Washington’s bureaucracy, not Saudi Arabia’s commitment.
—Faisal J. Abbas, semafor.com, 24 Nov. 2025
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Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
That information was provided by them, and the responsibility lies with them.
—ABC News, 30 Nov. 2025
Mercogliano said the Navy’s problems don’t lie with the shipyards.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 26 Nov. 2025
Should the deal stall, the fault would lie with Washington’s bureaucracy, not Saudi Arabia’s commitment.
—Faisal J. Abbas, semafor.com, 24 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for lie with
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“Lie with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lie%20with. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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