Examples of 'lie off' in a sentence
Meaning of "lie off"
lie off: This phrase is a colloquial variation of 'layoff' and is used to describe the act of dismissing employees from their jobs due to reasons such as redundancy or cost-cutting measures. It denotes a situation where a group of workers are let go by their employer
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- To remain at a safe distance from (another vessel or hazard)
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A large number of small islands lie off the coast.
We will lie off below the horizon and take them at first light.
Many other islands and floating ice shelves lie off the coast.
Trinidad and Tobago lie off the northeast coast of Venezuela.
The Jheshull Islands are a small trio of islands that lie off the coast of Rohagi.
These islands lie off the coast of Africa in the Atlantic Ocean.
A large segment of these gas reserves lie off the coast of Gaza.
Two extensive sandbanks lie off the coast, and the beach is sand overlain with shingle.
The canary islands are part of Spain but lie off the coast of Africa.
Numerous small islands lie off the western coast, but none has any commercial importance.
A number of underwater wrecks lie off South Gare.
The islands lie off the coast of Siberia, west of the mouths of river Pyasina.
These eight almost untouched islands lie off Rossport in Ontario waters.
Such, then, are the seaboard cities of Campania and the islands that lie off it.
The Nusa Islands are a group of islands that lie off the southeast coast of Bali.
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They lie off the north coast of Panama, east of the Panama Canal.
A small group of rocks known as The Gantocks lie off the coast at Dunoon.
Over 50 islands lie off the Welsh mainland ; the largest being Anglesey, in the northwest.
Oh, boy, it feels so good to get that lie off my chest.
Several sea stacks lie off the island 's northern tip.
Some rocks, covered and uncovered, lie off this coast.
That my strengths lie off the slopes. - I am proud to say.
The Ginger Islands lie off the southern end.
The Pearl Rocks lie off its west coast.
The Northern Channel Islands lie off the coast of the Chumash territory.
Unfortunately, the pearl beds lie off an island inhabited by cannibals.
A group of islets, the Pages, lie off the eastern end of the island.
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The way one lie begets another
No lie ever crosses those pious lips
Do not tell me that lie we tell everybody
