Sentence examples for take lying down from inspiring English sources
verb
To endure without complaint or protest
- I don't know what they expect, but I am certainly not going to take this lying down.
Effronteries the rest of us might take lying down, Kumar is here to protest in the liveliest possible terms.
He said, "We are a sovereign nation, and for several hundred years we didn't take lying down too easily".
The young Muslim generation is unwilling to feel apologetic for a partition they never sought, and unwilling to take lying down the injustices and inequalities they face.
"This is a particularly difficult one for us to just take lying down because it's about a federal agent," said John Negroponte, the American ambassador here from 1989 to 1993.
And I'm sure it's probably very good for the kids". That her entire family, Dave included, has not assembled here in Carmel since 1988 is not a situation most mothers would take lying down.
"Though weak and ill in these last months, he refused to take lying down LACMA's attempts at axing his essential programs.
Such an outcome would not be taken lying down by Morsi's supporters.
This is the biggest crisis to erupt in my working life, and the implications are far too daunting to be taken lying down.
A few nights later, an unexpected battle suggested that such a move would not be taken lying down.
But do we have to take this lying down?
But, did she take it lying down?
