TAKE LYING DOWN

Meaning of TAKE LYING DOWN in English

v. phr. To accept something without defense or protest. If you take such insults lying down, you will only encourage more of the same.

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TAKE LYING DOWN — phrasal : to endure (as an injury, an affront) passively or submissively
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAKE LYING DOWN — see take
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TAKE LYING DOWN — see take
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TAKE LYING DOWN — {v. phr.} To accept something without defense or protest. * /If you take such insults lying down, you will only …
Slang English vocab
TAKE LYING DOWN — {v. phr.} To accept something without defense or protest. * /If you take such insults lying down, you will only …
Словарь английских идиом
LYING — a. mentaci
English interlingue dictionary
LYING — pagbakak
English-Visayan vocabulary
LYING — see: lie II. adjective Etymology: Middle English leghynge, present participle of lien to lie Date: 14th century marked by or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TAKE — I. ˈtāk transitive verb ( took ˈtu̇k, dial ˈtək ; or dialect tak·en ˈtākən sometimes -k ə ŋ ; taken …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LYING — I. present part of lie or of lye II. adjective Etymology: Middle English leghynge, from present participle of leghen, leyen …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LYING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Lie, to be supported horizontally.
Английский словарь Webster
TAKE — — takable, takeable , adj. — taker , n. /tayk/ , v. , took, taken, taking , n. v.t. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LYING — lying 1 — lyingly , adv. /luy"ing/ , n. 1. the telling of lies; untruthfulness. adj. 2. telling or containing …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TAKE — I. ˈtāk verb ( took ˈtu̇k ; tak·en ˈtā-kən ; tak·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tacan, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LYING — I. present part of lie II. adjective Etymology: Middle English leghynge, present participle of lien to lie Date: 14th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAKE — p.p. taken. 2. take ·noun the quantity or copy given to a compositor at one time. 3. take ·vi to …
Webster English vocab
LYING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of lie, to tell a falsehood. 2. lying ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of lie. 3. lying ·p.pr. & …
Webster English vocab
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
TAKE — [take] vb took ; tak.en ; tak.ing [ME, fr. OE tacan, fr. ON taka; akin to MD taken to take] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LYING — [ly.ing] pres part of lie [2]lying adj [ME leghynge, prp. of lien to lie] (14c): marked by or containing falsehoods: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LYING — lying BrE AmE ˈla ɪ ‿ɪŋ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TAKE — / teɪk; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( took / tʊk; NAmE / taken / ˈteɪkən; NAmE /) …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LYING — pres. part. of LIE(1). --n. a place to lie (a dry lying).
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TAKE — v. & n. v. (took; taken) 1 tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LYING — pres. part. of LIE(1). n. a place to lie (a dry lying).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TAKE — v. & n. --v. (took; taken) 1. tr. lay hold of; get into one's hands. 2 tr. acquire, get possession …
Oxford English vocab
LYING — 1. pres. part. of LIE(1). --n. a place to lie (a dry lying). 2. pres. part. of LIE(2). --adj. deceitful, …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
TAKE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LYING — Lying is the present participle of lie .
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LYING — Lying is the present participle of lie .
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LYING — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES leave...lying about ▪ Don’t leave tools lying about . lying idle ▪ I cannot afford …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LYING — Synonyms and related words : accubation, accumbency, accumbent, couchancy, couchant, couche, crawling, credibility gap, debasement, deceit, deceitful, deceptive, decumbency, decumbent, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOWN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOWN — n. back down bear down beat down bog down boil down bowl down break down bring down broken down buckle …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
TAKE — INDEX: to take somebody or something from one place to another 1. to take someone or something from one place …
Longman Activator English vocab
DOWN — INDEX: 1. moving down 2. to go down 3. when the sun goes down 4. to go down under the …
Longman Activator English vocab
TAKE
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LYING — n. 25B6; noun she was no good at lying : UNTRUTHFULNESS, fabrication, fibbing, perjury, white lies; falseness, falsity, dishonesty, mendacity, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LYING — n. 1 prevarication, fibbing, mendacity, mendaciousness, falsification, untruthfulness, perjury; dishonesty, deceit, duplicity She was accused of lying while under oath …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TAKE — 1. гл. 1) а) брать, взять б) захватывать, овладевать, схватить (с применением силы) to take as a prisoner ≈ взять …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LYING — I 1. прил. лживый, ложный, обманчивый, обманный lying assurances ≈ лживые заверения lying prophet Syn : false, erroneous 2. сущ. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LYING — lying.ogg _I 1. ʹlaııŋ n ложь; лживость 2. ʹlaııŋ a ложный; лживый; обманчивый lying rumour - ложный слух lying prophet …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TAKE — 1) брать 2) воспринимать 3) впитывать 4) довозить 5) дубль 6) заступать 7) захватывать 8) определять 9) отбирать 10) отнимать 11) поглощать 12) преобразовывать 13) принятие 14) проникать 15) растворять 16) схватывать • development of mine take …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LYING — 1) залегающий 2) лежание 3) лежачий 4) лежащий • ship is lying at dock — судно находится в доке ship is lying idle — судно на …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LYING — I lying прил.лживый, ложный, обманчивый, обманный lying assurances — лживые заверения - lying prophet Syn:false, erroneous 2. сущ.ложь; лживость, неправда, …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LYING — _I 1. ʹlaııŋ n ложь; лживость 2. ʹlaııŋ a ложный; лживый; обманчивый lying rumour - ложный слух lying prophet - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
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