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Give the lie to

To reveal or prove (something) to be false; to refute.

📖 Definitions of "Give the lie to"

verb
  1. 1

    To reveal or prove (something) to be false; to refute.

    "They found plenty of emails that gave the lie to his assertion that he didn't know about the incident."

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