Lie and Settle

Lie

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

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

Nearby Word: lied

Settle verb - To cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid).

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Lie and settle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lie" instead a verb "Settle".

Nearby Words: settled, settlement, settling, settler, settlor

people	lie people	settle people
down	lie down	settle down
way	lie way	settle way
world	lie world	settle world
Other words: home, battle, nothing, war, times.

He says, "I'm not asking you to turn back around / But I'd settle for a slowdown." "Say You Do" is about a broken-up man asking his former lover to lie to him for a while.

Source: Music / Dierks Bentley
The closing theme was originally meant to be an Expository Theme Tune referring to Lister's overall plan to settle on Fiji when they returned to Earth ("I want to lie, shipwrecked and comatose/Drinking fresh mango juice").

Source: Expository Theme Tune / Live-Action TV

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