Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb take_lying_down

1 sense of take lying down

Sense 1
take lying down -- (suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively; "I won't take this insult lying down")
       => digest, endure, stick out, stomach, bear, stand, tolerate, support, brook, abide, suffer, put up -- (put up with something or somebody unpleasant; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage")