take lying down

take lying down
to endure without complaint or protest

I dont know what they expect, but I am certainly not going to take this lying down.


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  • take lying down — ► take lying down accept (an insult, setback, or rebuke) without protest. Main Entry: ↑lie …   English terms dictionary

  • take lying down —    If you take something lying down, you suffer as a result of an offensive act without reacting or protesting.     Jack won t take the accusation lying down he ll fight to defend his reputation …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • take lying down — (not) take (something) lying down to refuse to be treated badly by someone. He can t just order you about like that. Surely you re not going to take that lying down! …   New idioms dictionary

  • take lying down — {v. phr.} To accept something without defense or protest. * /If you take such insults lying down, you will only encourage more of the same./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • take lying down — {v. phr.} To accept something without defense or protest. * /If you take such insults lying down, you will only encourage more of the same./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • take\ lying\ down — v. phr. To accept something without defense or protest. If you take such insults lying down, you will only encourage more of the same …   Словарь американских идиом

  • take lying down — (smth) suffer without a fight I am very angry and won t take what he says lying down …   Idioms and examples

  • take lying down — verb suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively I won t take this insult lying down • Hypernyms: ↑digest, ↑endure, ↑stick out, ↑stomach, ↑bear, ↑stand, ↑tolerate, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • take lying down — idi to accept or capitulate to without remonstrance …   From formal English to slang

  • not take lying down — (not) take (something) lying down to refuse to be treated badly by someone. He can t just order you about like that. Surely you re not going to take that lying down! …   New idioms dictionary

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