lie back
— phrasal verb with lie uk/laɪ/us/laɪ/verb
to move the top half of your body from a sitting to a lying position:
She lay back in the dentist's chair and tried to relax.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Reclining
- fallen
- full-length
- lain
- lay
- lean
- lean (sth) against/on sth
- lie around
- lounge around (sth)
- recline
- recumbent
- repose
- sink
- sink into sth
- sit
- stretch
- stretch (yourself) out
- sup
- supinate
- supination
- supine
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