lay behind
Advanced (C1) formal
To be the real reason or cause of something, hidden beneath the surface.
"Nobody could agree on what lay behind his sudden decision to resign."
Hear it in context
"Not A Chance Hormuz Opens!" NACHO Trump is Now Trapped in Iran and he knows it | Redacted News
Redacted · 59:17
But what lay behind that was this so-called
"Lebanon is now Gaza 2.0!" Food, Medicine, and Water are RUNNING OUT | Redacted w Clayton Morris
Redacted · 18:15
But what lay behind that was this so-called
Could 'opening' Strait of Hormuz boost Iran peace talks? | Global News Podcast
BBC News · 5:33
that lay behind all of this which is Iran's nuclear program.
Can This Man PROVE God Built The Universe? Stephen Meyer Returns
Piers Morgan Uncensored · 27:52
was explicating the work of a great mind that lay behind the the physical