Deter and Lie

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Deter

Deter verb - To steer (a person) from an activity or course of action.

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Lie and deter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lie" instead a verb "Deter".

Nearby Words: deterred, deterrence, determent, deterring

Lie

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

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Deter and lie are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deter" instead a verb "Lie".

Nearby Word: lied

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Common collocations

people	deter people	lie people
war	deter war	lie war
times	deter times	lie times
friends	deter friends	lie friends

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But when that doesn't deter the guy, the "white lie" quickly expands, leading to Jack having to pose as her husband with a broken leg and Janet and Larry pretending to be French people who don't understand a word of English.

Source: Snowball Lie

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