TAKE LYING DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does take lying down mean? 

• TAKE LYING DOWN (verb)
  The verb TAKE LYING DOWN has 1 sense:

1. suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively

  Familiarity information: TAKE LYING DOWN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TAKE LYING DOWN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

I won't take this insult lying down

Hypernyms (to "take lying down" is one way to...):

abide; bear; brook; digest; endure; put up; stand; stick out; stomach; suffer; support; tolerate (put up with something or somebody unpleasant)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something