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Meaning of lie in | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To be brought to bed in childbirth.
    archaic
  2. To stay in bed (longer than usual).
    UK

Examples

“he had been driven to it by the distress he mentioned, the greatest indeed imaginable, that of five hungry children, and a wife lying in of the sixth, in the utmost want and misery.”
“I've got a day off tomorrow, so I might lie in till about 11.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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