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took lying down

took lying down is the simple past of take lying down.

Meaning of take lying down

Verb

take lying down (third-person singular simple present takes lying down, present participle taking lying down, simple past took lying down, past participle taken lying down)

  1. (transitive) To endure without complaint or protest.
    • I don't know what they expect, but I am certainly not going to take this lying down.

Questions about took lying down

What is took lying down the simple past of?
Took lying down is the simple past of take lying down.

Words near took lying down in the dictionary

  1. took leave
  2. took leave of one's senses
  3. took liberties
  4. took lightly
  5. took long
  6. took lying down
  7. took matters into one's own hands
  8. took no for an answer
  9. took no notice of
  10. took no prisoners
  11. took note

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