lie low

1. 1.

   keep a low profile, try to be inconspicuous

   Broaderhide
2. 2.

   to try to avoid detection especially by police

   “After we knock off that liquor store we'll have to lay low for a while”

   Broaderhide

Questions about lie low

What does lie low mean?

lie low means "keep a low profile, try to be inconspicuous". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is lie low a common word?

lie low 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.