take lying down
verb1
To endure without complaint or protest.
- I don't know what they expect, but I am certainly not going to take this lying down.
- Thai police prevented a commemoration on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre from taking place outside the Chinese embassy in Bangkok. Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal, the event's young organizer, didn't take it lying down, though.2020 June 4, UCA News Reporter, “Thai activists get creative to mark Tianamen massacre”, in La Croix International, Bayard, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2020: