not take sth lying down
to refuse to be treated badly by someone:
He can't treat you like that! Surely you're not going to take that lying down!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Accepting & agreeing reluctantly
- acceptance
- acquiescent
- bend to sth
- capitulate
- cave in
- compromise
- condescend
- defer
- meet
- meet sb halfway idiom
- philosophical
- relent
- resign
- resort
- resort to sth
- sell
- surrender
- swallow
- tolerate
- trade
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