TO LIE LOW, verb. phr. (colloquial).—To keep quiet; to bide one’s time.
LOW IN THE LAY, phr. (thieves’).—In straits; HARD-UP (q.v.).
1830. BULWER-LYTTON, Paul Clifford, ‘Song.’ As, just at present, I’m LOW IN THE LAY, I’ll borrow a ‘quid’ if you please.
