same as lie
to not work as hard at something as you should do
to show that you will not accept unfair treatment by complaining about it or trying to change it
A short lie-down would do no harm -- it would refresh him, pep him up for starting work on the soap opera.
Dogs don't normally haunt: when they're dead they lie down: their graves are quiet.
I drove past the Shangri La Hotel and thought about going in there for a Club beer or six and a long lie down.
It was about eleven o'clock, and he'd just come back from a lie-down on his settee, where he could have the TV on to cut down the throbbing.
I’m going to go and lie down for a while.
Lie down and relax.
Now if I were you I'd have a nice lie-down, and I'll come in later and make your supper.
The couch was just big enough for us to lie down together, me half on top of Art.
lies down
lying down
lay down
lain down
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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