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lie doggo Theme: VISIBILITY - LACKING in. to remain unrecognized (for a long time).This problem has lain doggo since 1967.If you don't find the typos now, they will lie doggo until the next edition.
Idiom lie doggo British & Australian, old-fashioned to hide, especially in order to avoid doing something that someone wants you to do.'Where's Mike?' 'Probably lying doggo till the washing up's done.'
lie doggoTo be unseen. I couldn't find that picture because it had been lying doggo behind some boxes. lie doggoFig. to remain unrecognized (for a long time). This problem has lain doggo since 1967. If you don't find the typos now, they will lie doggo until the next edition. lie doggo remain motionless or quiet. British Lie doggo is of uncertain origin, but probably arose from a dog's habit of lying motionless or apparently asleep but nonetheless alert. lie ˈdoggo (old-fashioned, informal) be very still or hide somewhere so that you will not be found: I lay doggo in the yard while the police searched the house for me.lie doggo (ˈlɑɪ ˈdɔgo) in. to remain unrecognized (for a long time). (see also doggo. Old, but Standard English.) If you don’t find the typos now, they will lie doggo until the next edition. |