Lie about picking up European person (4)

I believe the answer is:

bask

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'lie' is the definition.
(to bask in something is to lie in it)

I don't understand the remainder of the clue.

(Other definitions for bask that I've seen before include "Lie in the sun" , "Sun oneself (like a kind of shark?)" , "revel" , "Lie in sunshine" , "Lie in warmth" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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