HyperDic: take_lying_down

English > 1 sense of the expression *take lying down*:
VERB	cognition	take lying down	suffer without protest

English > *take lying down*: 1 sense > verb 1, cognition
Meaning	Suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Broader	digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up	put up with something or somebody unpleasant