lie up
Britishverb
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to go into or stay in one's room or bed, as through illness
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to be out of commission or use
my car has been lying up for months
Example Sentences
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While the draining of reservoirs let loose heavy loads of sediment, there are also areas where piles of sand, gravel and clay lie up to 15 feet deep beside tributary streams.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2024
Having made this lie up, he then berated Alabama-based OB-GYN Dr. Yashica Robinson for the existence of a procedure that, quite literally, only happens in his bizarre fantasies.
From Salon • May 19, 2022
“I’ve seen Patrick Reed improve his lie, up close and personal, four times now,” Kostis said.
From Golf Digest • Feb. 19, 2020
Being by then too worn to return to England, she was compelled to lie up in Newport harbor as a prison hulk.
From New York Times • May 14, 2019
He would lie up on the red oak limbs and watch every move I made.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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