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lie-in
noun
a long stay in bed in the morning
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
• Hypernyms: ↑rest, ↑ease, ↑repose, ↑relaxation

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lie-in1
/luy"in'/, n.
a protest demonstration in which participants lie down in a public place against regulations and resist being moved.
[1960-65; see LIE2, -IN3]
lie-in2
/luy"in'/, n. Chiefly Brit.
an act or instance of staying in bed longer than usual, esp. in the morning.
[1865-70; n. use of v. phrase lie in]

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lieˈ-inˈ noun
A longer than usual stay in bed in the morning
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Main Entry: ↑lie

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lie-in UK US noun [singular] british
a time when you stay in bed longer than usual in the morning
Thesaurus: going to bed, getting up and staying in bedhyponym to sleep, or to go to sleepsynonym

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lie-in «LY IHN», noun.
a lying down of a group of people in a public place to disrupt traffic, business, or other affairs, as a form of protest or demonstration; lie-down: »

Pollution protesters staged a lie-in at government offices in Tokyo (Time).

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/ˈlaıˌın/ noun [singular]
Brit informal : a time in the morning spent lying in bed instead of getting up

They had a nice long lie-in on the first morning of their holiday.

— see also lie in at ↑lie, 1

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ˌlie-ˈin [lie-in lie-ins] noun (BrE)
a time when you stay in bed longer than normal in the morning

Useful english dictionary. 2012.