Lie
How words are described
| old | old lie | old position |
| good | good lie | good position |
| best | best lie | best position |
| similar | similar lie | similar position |
| Other adjectives: perfect, original, initial, actual, bad, new, last. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- She winds up as an executive assistant instead of the secretary position she was aiming for, and has to continually lie about her age (and experience) in order to keep getting away with it.
Source: Really Seventeen Years Old -
By this point, the Gods probably lie curled up in foetal position, weeping in terror.
Source: Blasphemous Boast - An actor who resembles the president remarkably well is talked into taking his place because "the vice president can't be trusted", though that turns out to be a lie and he secretly defers the position when realizing the VP is in fact sane and a capable leader.
Source: El Cid Ploy
Cite this Source
Position and Lie. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lie/position
Lie & Position. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/lie/position>.
Position or Lie. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/lie/position.
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