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Synonyms for lie down
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : lahy-doun |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪˌdaʊn |
Top 10 synonyms for lie down Other synonyms for the word lie down
- back down
- be at ease
- be casualty
- be comfortable
- be destroyed
- be killed
- be lost
- be prone
- be recumbent
- be supine
- be taken
- bed
- bend
- breathe easy
- calm down
- capitulate
- catch one's breath
- catch some z's
- chill out
- collect oneself
- compose oneself
- cool off
- couch
- defer to
- deposit
- doze
- dream
- drowse
- ease off
- ease up
- eat dirt
- fall to pieces
- feel at home
- flop
- give in
- give way
- go to bed
- go to sleep
- go under
- hang loose
- hit the hay
- hit the sack
- idle
- knock off
- lay down
- laze
- let down
- let oneself go
- let up
- lie
- lie by
- lie still
- loaf
- loll
- loosen up
- lounge
- make oneself at home
- mellow out
- nap
- nod
- obey
- pass into enemy hands
- perish
- pile in
- place
- put feet up
- put one's feet up
- refresh oneself
- repose
- resign
- rest
- retire
- roll in
- settle
- settle back
- settle down
- siesta
- simmer down
- sit around
- sit back
- sit down
- slack
- slack off
- slacken
- slant
- sleep
- slumber
- slump
- snooze
- soften
- spell
- sprawl
- stop work
- stretch
- stretch out
- submit
- succumb
- take a break
- take a breather
- take a load off
- take a nap
- take five
- take it easy
- take life easy
- take one's time
- take ten
- take time out
- tilt
- tranquilize
- turn in
- unbend
- unlax
- unwind
- wind down
- yield
Définition of lie down
Origin :- period of rest reclining, 1840, from lie (v.2) + down (adv.).
- As in kick back : verb relax
- As in lie : verb be prostrate, flat
- As in relax : verb be or feel at ease
- As in repose : verb relax; recline
- As in rest : verb be calm; sleep
- As in turn in : verb go to bed
- As in fall : verb be overthrown by an enemy; surrender
- They are no longer afraid to lie down as they may have been for a week.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The officers and men not employed in the trenches were directed to lie down.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- "If you've finished your curds you must lie down," said Miss North.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- Little Dorrit was deeply anxious that he should lie down to compose himself.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Come and ask her if she is better; come and ask her to lie down.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Then should I lie down and rise up, and none to make me afraid.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
- Frank persuaded him to lie down, and in a little while his father was asleep.
- Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
- The wolf said: “Very well, then let us lie down in our beds and sleep.”
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- She looked to my fancy as if she were trying but unable to lie down.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- Despairing, conscious only of a desire to lie down, to rest, he tried another.
- Extract from : « Pirates of the Gorm » by Nat Schachner
Antonyms for lie down
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