lie before
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editlie before (third-person singular simple present lies before, present participle lying before, simple past lay before, past participle lain before)
- (transitive, idiomatic) to put oneself at the whim of, to bow down to
- I lie before you today begging for help.
- (transitive, idiomatic) (especially of something honorific) to be situated in front of