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lay for — {v.}, {informal} To hide and wait for in order to catch or attack; to lie in wait for. * /The bandits laid for him along the road./ * /I knew he had the marks for the exam, so I was laying for him outside his office./ … Dictionary of American idioms
lay for — {v.}, {informal} To hide and wait for in order to catch or attack; to lie in wait for. * /The bandits laid for him along the road./ * /I knew he had the marks for the exam, so I was laying for him outside his office./ … Dictionary of American idioms
lay\ for — v informal To hide and wait for in order to catch or attack; to lie in wait for. The bandits laid for him along the road. I knew he had the marks for the exam, so I was laying for him outside his office … Словарь американских идиом
To lay for — Lay Lay, v. i. 1. To produce and deposit eggs. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft. [1913 Webster] 3. To lay a wager; to bet. [1913 Webster] {To lay about}, or {To lay about one}, to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lay — Lay, v. i. 1. To produce and deposit eggs. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft. [1913 Webster] 3. To lay a wager; to bet. [1913 Webster] {To lay about}, or {To lay about one}, to strike… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lay, lie — Lay means to place and is a transitive verb requiring an object. Lie, in the context here, means to recline, is intransitive, and takes no object. I shall lay the rug on the floor. Please lie down here. The principal parts of lay are lay, laid,… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
lay — lay1 /lay/, v., laid, laying, n. v.t. 1. to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk. 2. to knock or beat down, as from an erect position; strike or throw to the ground: One punch laid him low.… … Universalium
lay — I. verb (laid; laying) Etymology: Middle English leyen, from Old English lecgan; akin to Old English licgan to lie more at lie Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. to beat or strike down with force 2. a. to put or set down … New Collegiate Dictionary
lay in — Synonyms and related words: approach anchorage, bank, bear down on, bear down upon, bear up for, bear up to, bundle away, cache, close with, coffer, deposit, fetch, file, go aboard, go alongside, hutch, lay aboard, lay aside, lay away, lay by,… … Moby Thesaurus
lay — {{11}}lay (adj.) uneducated; non clerical, early 14c., from O.Fr. lai secular, not of the clergy (Mod.Fr. laïque), from L.L. laicus, from Gk. laikos of the people, from laos people, of unknown origin. In M.E., contrasted with learned, a sense… … Etymology dictionary
