Definition of "lie about" []

• Hang around idly (verb)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Withy beds are laid out between the reedy drainage channels, and tiny cattle lie about the meadows."
• "Hartmann, according to what Klass wrote, had also noted the shadows but could think of no reason for the Trents to lie about the time."
• "Right from the start, Grandma Olivia and Grandpa Samuel created a lie about who my mother was."