lie down

Verb

lie down (third-person singular simple present lies down, present participle lying down, simple past lay down, past participle lain down)

1. (intransitive) To assume a horizontal position.
   • Lie down on the bed until you feel better.

   Antonyms:

   get up

   1. (imperative, intransitive) A standard command to a herding dog to assume this position, owing to its effect on the herd's movement.
2. (intransitive) To be lazy or remiss.
   • He never got promoted because he was always lying down on the job.
   • They may have finished 11 points behind West Ham and lost both league games, conceding eight goals, but the Tangerine dream remains alive. Holloway said: “We won’t get a bigger test than West Ham but we’ve got one chance. If you’d asked me last summer when I lost all those players I’d have said...2012 May 9, John Percy, “Birmingham City 2 Blackpool 2 (2-3 on agg): match report”, in the Telegraph
3. (intransitive) To submit passively.
   • I'm not going to lie down and take this!
4. (euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse (with).