"lie back and think of England" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: lies back and thinks of England [present, singular, third-person], lying back and thinking of England [participle, present], lay back and thought of England [past], lain back and thought of England [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lie<,,lay,lain> back and think<,,thought> of England|head=lie back and think of England}} lie back and think of England (third-person singular simple present lies back and thinks of England, present participle lying back and thinking of England, simple past lay back and thought of England, past participle lain back and thought of England)
  1. (idiomatic, euphemistic) Synonym of close one's eyes and think of England: to accept unwanted sex due to social pressures. Tags: euphemistic, idiomatic Synonyms: close one's eyes and think of England [synonym, synonym-of]

Inflected forms

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