lie about

1. 1.

   hang around idly

   “She did all the work while he lay around”

   Synonymslie around

   Broaderidle

Questions about lie about

What does lie about mean?

lie about means "hang around idly".

What is another word for lie about?

Close synonyms include lie around. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lie about a common word?

lie about is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.