Lying and Open

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Lying adjective - Telling or containing lies.

Usage example: that lying son of a gun told me that the used car had never been in an accident

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Open is an antonym for lying.

Open adjective - Allowing passage without obstruction.

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Lying is an antonym for open in topics: clear, honest, accessible, undecided, unfastened.

Nearby Words: opening, openness, opened, opener

They suspect Turnbull would be open to lying in the prospect's favor, so they say the wife claimed he left in December instead, knowing the boss would either admit reluctantly she was telling the truth, or claim she was lying and admit the recruit left in July.

Source: Lying to the Perp
Later Sachiel himself is lying in the battlefield, with rain falling in his open eyes.

Source: Dies Wide Open
This time around, however, most are found just lying about in the open, instead of actually having to examine their corpses.

Source: Visual Novel / Corpse Party 2: Dead Patient

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