Usually means: To be the cause of.
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  1. lie behind: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lie behind: Merriam-Webster
  3. lie behind: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lie behind: Wiktionary
  5. lie behind: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. lie behind: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lie behind)

▸ verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lie, behind.
▸ verb:  To be the ultimate cause of.

Similar:
underly, interlie, limbo, flank, interlapse, toe the line, interject, middle, intermention, interlineate, more...

Opposite:
precede, come before, lead

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Similar:
underly, interlie, limbo, flank, interlapse, toe the line, interject, middle, intermention, interlineate, more...

Opposite:
precede, come before, lead



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