lie before

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lie before (third-person singular simple present lies before, present participle lying before, simple past lay before, past participle lain before)

  1. (transitive, idiomatic) to put oneself at the whim of, to bow down to
    I lie before you today begging for help.
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) (especially of something honorific) to be situated in front of