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lie-down

[ lahy-doun ]

noun

, Chiefly British.
  1. a nap.


lie down

verb

  1. to place oneself or be in a prostrate position in order to rest or sleep
  2. to accept without protest or opposition (esp in the phrases lie down under, take something lying down )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a rest
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lie-down1

First recorded in 1830–40; noun use of verb phrase lie down
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Idioms and Phrases

Also, lie down on the job . Be remiss or lazy. For example, They fired Max because he was always lying down on the job . This expression alludes to lying down in the sense of “resting.” [Early 1900s]
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Example Sentences

My doctor insisted that once I filed this piece I lie down on my bed and not get out.

She literally had to lie down in between sessions in order to recover her strength.

In her semifinal match, he joked “Now you can get to lie down for a while” in the post-game chat.

Lie Down with Lions (1985) gave a shoutout to gays in a laundry list of human rights to worry about.

They encountered two genuinely tough Brooklyn gunmen in the lobby who ordered them to lie down.

The hut was barely high enough to let him sit up, and long enough to let him lie down—not to stretch out.

He ate as many as he wanted and then, as he always felt sleepy after he had eaten, he thought he would lie down and have a nap.

After dinner, retire for an hour to your own room, that your hostess may lie down if she is accustomed to do so.

The question between the Girondist and the Jacobin was, "Who shall lie down on the guillotine?"

And say: Why did thy mother the lioness lie down among the lions, and bring up her whelps in the midst of young lions?

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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