lie back

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lie back

verb lies back · lying back · lay back · lain back

intransitive To lie down by moving in a posterior direction, ending up supine. The imaging technician told him to lie back and then remain still for a minute.
Similar: supinate, resupinate
To relax, to exert less effort. You can predict that he's going to lie back and take it easy if you let him find out that there's no pressing deadline from the customer on this job.

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@misc{lie_back_2026,
  title = {lie back},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lie%20back},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}