Usually means: Accept passively without resistance.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. take (something) lying down, take lying down: Merriam-Webster
  2. take lying down: Vocabulary.com
  3. take lying down: Wiktionary
  4. take lying down: Dictionary.com
  5. take lying down: Rhymezone
  6. take lying down: FreeDictionary.org
  7. take lying down: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. take lying down: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take lying down: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take lying down: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. take lying down: Medical dictionary

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  1. take lying down: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (take lying down)

verb:  (transitive) To endure without complaint or protest.

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