lie before (English, verb)
expansion: lie before (third-person singular simple present lies before, present participle lying before, simple past lay before, past participle lain before)
Senses:
glosses: to put oneself at the whim of, to bow down to
tags: idiomatic
transitive
glosses: (especially of something honorific) to be situated in front of
tags: idiomatic
transitive
Forms:
form: lies before
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: lying before
tags: participle
present
form: lay before
tags: past
form: lain before
tags: participle
past