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What (who) is lying down - definition
lie down
![[[Betty Bryant]] lying down and reading letters](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Betty Bryant 1941 C19487 0013.jpg?width=200 "[[Betty Bryant]] lying down and reading letters")
HUMAN POSITION IN WHICH THE BODY IS MORE OR LESS HORIZONTAL AND SUPPORTED ALONG ITS LENGTH BY THE SURFACE UNDERNEATH
Decubitus; Lie down; Decubitus position; Recumbence; Immobilization (pathology); Lateral decubitus; Recumbency; Left lateral decubitus position; Lying down
When you lie down, you move into a horizontal position, usually in order to rest or sleep.
Why don't you go upstairs and lie down for a bit?
PHRASAL VERB: V P
lie down
HUMAN POSITION IN WHICH THE BODY IS MORE OR LESS HORIZONTAL AND SUPPORTED ALONG ITS LENGTH BY THE SURFACE UNDERNEATH
Decubitus; Lie down; Decubitus position; Recumbence; Immobilization (pathology); Lateral decubitus; Recumbency; Left lateral decubitus position; Lying down
v. (misc.) to take smt. lying down ('to accept smt. without protest'); to lie down on the job ('to work very little')
Recumbence
HUMAN POSITION IN WHICH THE BODY IS MORE OR LESS HORIZONTAL AND SUPPORTED ALONG ITS LENGTH BY THE SURFACE UNDERNEATH
Decubitus; Lie down; Decubitus position; Recumbence; Immobilization (pathology); Lateral decubitus; Recumbency; Left lateral decubitus position; Lying down
·noun The act of leaning, resting, or reclining; the state of being recumbent.
Examples of use of lying down
1. The administration is not taking the criticism lying down.
2. Each was lying down or kneeling, and the mother was clutching her two young sons.
3. Mizrahi Tefahot, however, doesn‘t intend to take the forecasts lying down.
4. Sinha said Parliament cannot take comments made by Sen lying down.
5. Troy Lysfjord, 37, was lying down in the back of the cab when the accident occurred.