to hide so you will not be caught by someone.

All we could think to do was to get into the woods — any woods — as fast as possible and just lie low.

Usage notes: often confused in form with lay someone low - to weaken someone

Related vocabulary: lie in wait

• not if you can help it
• not in a month of Sundays
• not in my wildest dreams
• not in the business of
• not in the business of doing something
• not in the least
• not in the same league
• not in the slightest
• not judge a book by its cover
• not know beans about
• not know beans about something
• not know from Adam
• not know if are coming or going
• not know if you are coming or going
• not know someone from Adam
• not know the first thing about
• not know the first thing about something
• not know the half of it
• not know the meaning of the word
• not know what hit
• not know what hit you
• not know where to put
• not know where to put yourself
• not know where to turn
• not know whether are coming or going