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The phrase 'give a lie' is not a commonly used phrase in written English.
You could rephrase the sentence to something such as "tell a lie." For example: "He tried to give a lie, but couldn't think of anything to say."
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To emphasize or distort, to drown out the world and make strange the banal, to give a lie to the impossibility of perfection?
Sharon Grant, Haringey Community Panel, said: "If that's the case it would give a lie to the police's story to date that they were surprised by what happened.
Troy maintained his innocence up to the time of his execution, even requesting to give a lie detector test which was denied.
Give a lie that is believable and easy for you to remember.
The more detail you give a lie, the harder it is to remember and the more like a lie it sounds.
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It could be used to place machinery in a factory before construction to give a lay out, or to place other plant on a construction site.
On Oct. 5, he was given a lie detector test.
In one scene Van Doren, suspected of leaking her own identity, is given a lie detector test.
He received both wounds when he was seven years old, giving a lie to any "show me the child" notions.
Mr. Reichle said he had told one of his supervisors in Denver that he believed everyone involved in the Howards incident should be given a lie detector test.
The inmate was given a lie detector test, but the results were judged inconclusive because the man had been taking muscle relaxants, police officials said.
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