see how the land lies (English, verb)
expansion: see how the land lies (third-person singular simple present sees how the land lies, present participle seeing how the land lies, simple past saw how the land lay, past participle seen how the land lay)
Senses:
glosses: To wait for all the information about something before taking action.
tags: UK
Forms:
form: sees how the land lies
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: seeing how the land lies
tags: participle
present
form: saw how the land lay
tags: past
form: seen how the land lay
tags: participle
past