lie

/laɪ/ noun [C]

Translation

› something that you say or write which you know is not true

yalan, aslı astarı olmayan söz/yazı

I told a lie when I said I liked her haircut. → See also white lie1053

(Definition of lie noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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