lie with

phrasal verb

lay with; lain with; lying with; lies with

—used to say who has the blame or responsibility for something

Responsibility for the accident lies with the company.

literary : to have sex with (someone)

when he first lay with her

Examples of lie with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web If doesn’t get a new deal before season, the future of everyone arguably lies with Prescott’s play in 2024. —

Clarence E. Hill Jr., Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2024 Instead, the blame lies with existing power dynamics. —

Vanessa Kerry, STAT, 31 May 2024 Still, while the structure is different from OpenAI’s, power ultimately lies with a small, unaccountable group. —

Billy Perrigo/san Francisco, TIME, 30 May 2024 Eric Topol, founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, has argued that the future of medicine lies with AI, with benefits such as a reduction in medical errors and delivery of more robust diagnoses and treatment plans. —

Sheldon H. Jacobson and Dr. Janet A. Jokela, Twin Cities, 30 May 2024 For decades, people with chronic depression have been told their problem lies with a chemical imbalance in the brain, specifically a deficit in a neurotransmitter called serotonin. —

Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 23 May 2024 Advocates for different viewpoints hold varying opinions on whether the responsibility should lie with the Federal government or with the states. —

Baltimore Sun Media, Baltimore Sun, 11 Apr. 2024 The decision ultimately lies with Judge Merchan, who is not required to imprison Trump if he’s convicted by a jury. —

Nik Popli, TIME, 21 May 2024 Part of the problem lies with restrictions on the use of sophisticated American weaponry. —

Constant Méheut, New York Times, 18 May 2024

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