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lying down



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see take lying down . Also see lie down .
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I managed to grab an hour's sleep in some public toilets and had some power naps lying down on the trail.

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It will take way longer than any of us hope, but better than lying down and just letting the worst happen.

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"Even thinking about that place in Dhaka makes me feel horrible. There was no space to lie down properly, so I had to sleep being curled up. I couldn't stretch my legs while lying down."

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The party is calling on the government to launch an advertising blitz to send a "collective message" that the UK "won't take Trump's tariffs lying down".

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But I am now very worried that the corpse is Rick because there is no way Jim is going to take being shoved over lying down.

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