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Discover LudwigThe phrase "by lying down" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to indicate the action or method by which something is accomplished or achieved. Example: She was able to relieve her back pain by lying down and stretching her legs. In this example, "by lying down" explains the means by which the speaker's back pain was relieved. The action of lying down was the method used to achieve the desired result.
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The aunt survived by lying down behind a sofa.
Dodge survived by lying down in the ashes of his escape fire.
Also, gastroesophageal reflux (GERD), caused by lying down with a full stomach, may trigger symptoms that wake you up.
He writes of a retired clerk who preserves his three suits by lying down all day.
Protesters blocked a key road off campus by lying down and chanting in a bid to stop police from leaving.
Shiva creates new life by stamping up a storm; Vishnu does it by lying down in a milky sea.
She often suffered from a bad back, which she would stretch by lying down beneath her desk.
The result: Walter missed the game injured, Flamengo won and celebrated by lying down and rolling around the pitch.
She took her own life, aged 19, by lying down on the tracks in front of an oncoming commuter train.
Activists in turn have blockaded the gate by lying down in a group, their arms locked into tubes.
You don't win grand slams by lying down and Murray has won grand slams (Federer has won more, though).
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