lie back

verb

lay back; lain back; lying back; lies back

: to lean backward from a sitting position to a flat position

The doctor asked him to lie back on the table.

Examples of lie back in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Place the towel on the floor and lie back on it so the towel roll is at the small of your back, about in line with your belly button. — Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 24 June 2026

Howe’s team has struggled against deep-lying back lines, and injecting invention into the team would bring a fresh dimension. — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 5 June 2026

Sit or lie back on a reclining lawn chair or a blanket on the ground. — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2026

In another, Kelly’s character polishes the massive rock on a seat cushion, then lies back to admire it. — Rachel Garrahan, Vogue, 22 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for lie back

• aback
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback
• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
• callback
• cognac
• comeback
• cutback

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