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Verb: take lying down
  1. Suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively
    "He refused to take the insult lying down"

Derived forms: takes lying down, taken lying down, taking lying down, took lying down

Type of: abide, bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate