lie around
idiom
1
: to be lying in a disordered way
He always had a lot of clothes lying around (his house).
2
: to be somewhere within a general area or place
I know that pen is lying around here somewhere.
3
: to spend time resting in a lazy way
She spent the whole day just lying around.
My friends and I were lying around by the pool.
Examples of lie around in a Sentence
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Participate in Aruna Run Cincinnati For those who don't want to lie around on their day off, sign up for this race.
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Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2025
Made of mud and sand, these massive underwater sediment waves lie around 3,280 feet below the seabed, researchers reported in a new study.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Get Physical Though vacation might seem like the time to lie around on the couch (or, better yet, the beach), physical activity, not sedentary, had the strongest association with well-being during vacation, Grant noted.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 6 Feb. 2025
This money will lie around, worrying people’s minds, until it is squandered on some civic improvement.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024
So never being comfortable and always worrying a little bit about what might lie around the corner.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 12 June 2024
Hendrickson spoke as if his participation in the lie around Castro’s death was, at best, incidental.
—Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2024
The Mavericks’ main problems lie around, not with, their superstar duo, TNT analysts said this week.
—Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2023
The family's three dogs lie around the mat, two of them watching Malti play.
—Shafiq Najib, Peoplemag, 21 Aug. 2022
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Caroline Ritzie, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2025
Made of mud and sand, these massive underwater sediment waves lie around 3,280 feet below the seabed, researchers reported in a new study.
—Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 May 2025
Get Physical Though vacation might seem like the time to lie around on the couch (or, better yet, the beach), physical activity, not sedentary, had the strongest association with well-being during vacation, Grant noted.
—Sarah Garone, Health, 6 Feb. 2025
This money will lie around, worrying people’s minds, until it is squandered on some civic improvement.
—Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2024
So never being comfortable and always worrying a little bit about what might lie around the corner.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 12 June 2024
Hendrickson spoke as if his participation in the lie around Castro’s death was, at best, incidental.
—Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 7 Feb. 2024
The Mavericks’ main problems lie around, not with, their superstar duo, TNT analysts said this week.
—Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2023
The family's three dogs lie around the mat, two of them watching Malti play.
—Shafiq Najib, Peoplemag, 21 Aug. 2022
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“Lie around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lie%20around. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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