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lie down on the job

lie down on the job verb: to be idle when one should be working.

Verb

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

  1. To be idle when one should be working.

Forms of lie down on the job

third-person singular presentlies down on the job
present participlelying down on the job
pastlay down on the job
past participlelain down on the job

Questions about lie down on the job

What does lie down on the job mean?
Lie down on the job means to be idle when one should be working.
What part of speech is lie down on the job?
Lie down on the job is a verb.
What is the past tense of lie down on the job?
The past tense of lie down on the job is lay down on the job.

Words near lie down on the job in the dictionary

  1. lie detection
  2. lie detector
  3. lie detectors
  4. lie doggo
  5. lie down
  6. lie down on the job
  7. Lie group
  8. Lie groupoid
  9. Lie groupoids
  10. Lie groups
  11. lie ill in one's mouth

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