take lying down vs brook

take lying down is not a noun while brook is a noun.

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

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

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

take lying down (noun)	brook (noun)
	a natural stream of water smaller than a river (and often a tributary of a river)

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