lay low

lay low
lie low & lay low
Fig. to keep quiet and not be noticed; to avoid being conspicuous. (

Lay

is a common error for

lie

.) •

I suggest you lie low for a few days.

The robber said that he would lay low for a short time after the robbery.

* * *
{v.} 1. To knock down; to force into a lying position; to put out of action. * /Many trees were laid low by the storm./ * /Jane was laid low by the flu./ 2. To kill. * /The hunters laid low seven pheasants./ 3. See: LIE LOW.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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