Usually means: Expose as false or untrue.
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  1. give the lie to: Merriam-Webster
  2. give the lie to, give the lie to: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. give the lie to: Collins English Dictionary
  4. give the lie to: Wiktionary
  5. give the lie to: Dictionary.com
  6. give the lie to: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. give the lie to: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (give the lie to)

verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To reveal or prove (something) to be false; to refute.

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