Accept and Lie

Accept

Accept verb - To agree to receive whether willingly or reluctantly.

Lie and accept are semantically related in carry topic. In some cases you can use "Lie" instead a verb "Accept".

Lie

Lie verb - To make a statement one knows to be untrue.

Accept and lie are semantically related in carry topic. Sometimes you can use "Accept" instead a verb "Lie".

Nearby Word: lied

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

people accept people lie people
truth accept truth lie truth
way accept way lie way
world accept world lie world
Other words: rule, food, nothing, side, child.

Both words in one sentence

  • It's only when the cops refuse to accept this and claim that he must be involved himself that he comes up with a lie that they will believe.
  • Western Animation / Bartok the Magnificent Go Out with a Smile: During "The Real Ludmilla" three men sentenced to death just lie back and accept it, happy that they won't have to live under Ludmilla's rule.
  • Series / Sense8 Steiner cannot accept this as fact, because it would mean that Wolfgang is more of a "man" than him, so he demands Wolfgang admit that it is a lie.
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