lie with someone

lie with someone
lie with someone
1. to recline with someone. •

Come and lie with me and we will keep warm.

Jimmy and Franny were lying with each other to keep warm.

2. Euph. to recline with someone and have sex. •

She claimed he asked her to lie with him.

Do you mean to imply that she lay with him?


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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