lie (down)

verb

Definition of lie (down)next
as in to drop off

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lie (down)
  1. drop off
  2. couch
  3. sleep
  4. recline
  5. nod
Verb
  • The ballot must have been mailed or dropped off at any official drop box​​ ​across the state by 8 p.m. local time on Election Day.
    ABC NEWS, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2024
  • This past weekend, the state Republican party filed lawsuits over the county's decision to allow people to drop off absentee ballots after the Friday deadline.
    Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of drop off
Verb
  • The wording in those posts were often couched, appearing to be an insider’s intuition.
    Katie Strang, The Athletic, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Some American journalists and politicians couched their desire to round up and imprison Japanese Americans in humanitarian terms: to protect them from potential mob violence.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of couch
Verb
  • But really, my question here is this: Do doctors really sleep shirtless in the on-call room?
    Laura Bradley, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • The designer’s team instead partitioned it, with a living area separate from the sleeping area.
    Nicolas Milon, Architectural Digest, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of sleep
Verb
  • Electric stoves were placed on wooden dining tables, reclining chairs, and wardrobes, transmitting heat into glass distillers and condensers.
    Hung Duong, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The rear seat slides fore and aft and reclines for comfort.
    Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of recline
Verb
  • The Peacock and Prime Video options felt like a decent enough compromise: the comforts of a traditional Election Night experience (correspondents reporting, analysts opining, anchors announcing results) packaged in a way that nodded toward the destabilizing future.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Jones’ total of seven Academy Award nominations include best picture, original score and original song for 1985’s The Color Purple, which received 11 Academy Award nods overall.
    Jennifer Frederick, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of nod
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“Lie (down).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lie%20%28down%29. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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