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lie-in
1[ lahy-in ]
noun
- a protest demonstration in which participants lie down in a public place against regulations and resist being moved.
lie-in
2[ lahy-in ]
noun
- an act or instance of staying in bed longer than usual, especially in the morning.
lie in
verb
- to remain in bed late in the morning
- to be confined in childbirth
noun
- a long stay in bed in the morning
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of lie-in2
Example Sentences
Sadly, for those of us who like a lie-in on a Sunday morning, the clock change in spring does mean we get one hour less sleep.
This is a slight lie-in compared to Australia two weeks ago, I suppose.
Mr Livingstone says the pandas are usually a bit lazy and like a lie-in in the morning so he has been gradually bringing forward their wake-up time to get them used to earlier starts.
“I mean, it was nice to see that at 5.20 a.m. I could roll back over in bed and have a lie-in. So that was nice.â€
Many of us found ourselves resting supine on the floor of the museum, partaking of a “lie-in†as we gazed upward at blurs of color and pretended the ’60s never ended.
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