Meaning

1 senses

  1. To endure without complaint or protest.

    I don't know what they expect, but I am certainly not going to take this lying down.

    suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively

Examples

147 sentences

  1. We'll be taking down our Christmas tree soon.

    Ми скоро будемо розбирати нашу новорічну ялинку. — deniko

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  2. She tried to take down every word the teacher said.

    Вона намагалася записати кожне слово вчителя. — Internecivus

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  3. Tom took a header down the stairs.

    Том скотився зі сходів. — pinaxe

    ruТом пересчитал головой все ступени. — Biga

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  4. The old house was taken down.

    ruСтарый дом был снесён. — odexed

    deDas alte Haus wurde abgerissen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. Please help me take this down.

    ruПомоги мне, пожалуйста, отнести это вниз. — marafon

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Translations

3 languages

Forms

takes lying down, taking lying down, took lying down, taken lying down
Base formtake lying down · to take lying down
3rd person singulartakes lying down
Present participletaking lying down
Past simpletook lying down
Past participletaken lying down

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytake lying down
he, she, ittakes lying down

Past simpleLesson

all personstook lying down

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave taken lying down
he, she, ithas taken lying down

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill take lying down

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tainttajtakeA1takeawayB1takeoffB1takeout
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