take lying down vs abide

take lying down and abide both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
take lying down	No	No	Yes	No
abide	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, abide is a hypernym of take lying down; that is, abide is a word with a broader meaning than take lying down:

Other hypernyms of take lying down include bear, brook, digest, endure, put up, stand, stick out, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate.

take lying down (verb)	abide (verb)
suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively	put up with something or somebody unpleasant
	dwell