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

There’s more room for my kids to project themselves into the book or even lay back into it a little bit. — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026

My advice for watching the Perseids or any other meteor shower is to lie back on the ground or a reclining lawn chair and roll your eyes all around the sky. — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 9 Aug. 2026

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

Rhymes for lie back

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

Video

Lay vs. Lie

Editor Emily Brewster clarifies the difference.