take it lying down

VERB

take

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accept go hold receive stand welcome

STRONG

abide accommodate bear brave brook contain experience hack stomach suffer swallow tolerate undergo weather withstand

WEAK

bear with give access go through grin and bear it hang in hang on hang tough let in live with put up with ride out stand for stick it out submit to take it take it on the chin

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disagree refuse reject stop turn away

STRONG

disallow dodge shun

WEAK

abstain add avoid be honest be immune discontinue disenchant fail give keep lose maintain misconceive misunderstand offer repulse

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take it lying down

That call-out was nasty and unfair, and the Citadel CEO might not take it lying down.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 2026

I’m receiving this, I’m not going to take it lying down.’

From Washington Post ● Aug. 22, 2022

The Kishi V2 feels like a device that was made to prove that Razer won’t take it lying down in the gaming space from a newcomer.

From The Verge ● Jul. 3, 2022

The Rangers felt their skilled team had been pushed around too much and wasn’t going to take it lying down, or being pinned down, either.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 19, 2021

And, thanks to an unfortunate headline in the latest printing of the county’s newspaper, Otto was not going to take it lying down.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

take it lying down

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