(dated) To accuse one of a lie, to their face.

(chiefly Britain, idiomatic) I am mistaken; I thought that what I said (or wrote) was true, but I have just realised that it is not.

You can't get away with a lie; the truth will always come out.

Alternative form of white lie

(mythology) A hairy man in English folklore, similar to the brownie, said to perform housework in return for a saucer of milk and a place beside the fire.

To be directly imputable to one; to be one's own fault.

To be an object of interest or affection to someone.

Alternative form of I tell a lie

(simile) To lie a lot; to tell many untruths.

(colloquial) to be honest, to tell the truth