Lie Flat

[ lahy flat ]

verb (used without object)

1. to reject overwork and withdraw voluntarily from relentless competition and pressure to achieve.

noun

1. Lying Flat ( def ). tang ping.

Other Words From

• Lie Flat·ter noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of Lie Flat¹

First recorded in 2021; translation of Chinese tǎng píng “lie flat (and get over the beatings),” a lifestyle choice and social protest movement begun by some young people in China

Example Sentences

When that warning sounds, people are supposed to lie flat on the floor, cover their heads, and wait.

From The Daily Beast

The Invalides lie flat, firing comparatively at their ease from behind stone; hardly through portholes show the tip of a nose.

From Project Gutenberg

It is then wound with No. 24 single cotton-covered copper wire so that the coils will lie flat.

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Yamba cried out to me to lie flat on the catamaran, and hold on as tightly as I could until we reached smooth water again.

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Those that have to stay on the rookery lie flat on their back and fan themselves.

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Do you have to lie flat on your back like that, with no pillow or anything?

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