take sitting down

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === take sitting down (third-person singular simple present takes sitting down, present participle taking sitting down, simple past took sitting down, past participle taken sitting down) (transitive, chiefly in the negative) To tolerate, accept, or acquiesce; to take no action. ==== Synonyms ==== brook, put up with; See also Thesaurus:tolerate or Thesaurus:acquiesce ==== See also ==== sit on one's hands take a stand