HyperDic: take_lying_down

English > 1 sense of the expression take lying down:
VERBcognitiontake lying downsuffer without protest
English > take lying down: 1 sense > verb 1, cognition
MeaningSuffer without protest; suffer or endure passively.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Broaderdigest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put upput up with something or somebody unpleasant

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