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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

Equivalents

日本語 朝寝
Polski barłożyć wylegiwać wyleżeć
Svenska ligga och dra

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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See also

lie in ambush lie in honor lie in one's throat lie in repose lie in state lie in the bed one has made

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