give the lie to
• serve to show that (something previously assumed to be the case) is not true.
• "these figures give the lie to the notion that Britain is excessively strike-ridden"
Similar:
disprove,
contradict,
negate,
deny,
refute,
rebut,
gainsay,
belie,
invalidate,
show/prove to be false,
explode,
discredit,
debunk,
quash,
knock the bottom out of,
challenge,
call into question,
shoot full of holes,
shoot down (in flames),
controvert,
confute,
negative,
