Definitions from Wiktionary (lay down)
▸ verb: (transitive) To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To surrender or give up.
▸ verb: To place on the ground, e.g. a railway on a trackbed.
▸ verb: (transitive) To intentionally take a fall while riding a motorcycle, in order to prevent a more serious collision.
▸ verb: (transitive) To specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate (rules or policies).
▸ verb: To stock, store (e.g. wine) for the future. See also lay by.
▸ verb: (African-American Vernacular, dated, transitive) To kill (someone).
▸ verb: (euphemistic, transitive) To euthanize an animal.
▸ verb: To sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life."
▸ verb: (intransitive, nonstandard, proscribed) To lie down; to place oneself in a reclined or horizontal position, on a bed or similar, for the purpose of resting.
▸ verb: (nautical, dated) To draw the lines of a ship's hull at full size, before starting a build.
▸ verb: (obsolete, printing) To place a sheet in a printing press for printing.
lay down the law,
lay down arms,
lay down one's arms,
lay down ones arms,
lay down one's life,
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▸ verb: (transitive) To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To surrender or give up.
▸ verb: To place on the ground, e.g. a railway on a trackbed.
▸ verb: (transitive) To intentionally take a fall while riding a motorcycle, in order to prevent a more serious collision.
▸ verb: (transitive) To specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate (rules or policies).
▸ verb: To stock, store (e.g. wine) for the future. See also lay by.
▸ verb: (African-American Vernacular, dated, transitive) To kill (someone).
▸ verb: (euphemistic, transitive) To euthanize an animal.
▸ verb: To sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life."
▸ verb: (intransitive, nonstandard, proscribed) To lie down; to place oneself in a reclined or horizontal position, on a bed or similar, for the purpose of resting.
▸ verb: (nautical, dated) To draw the lines of a ship's hull at full size, before starting a build.
▸ verb: (obsolete, printing) To place a sheet in a printing press for printing.
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make,
establish,
lie down,
lay down one's flag,
lay down arms,
disarm,
lay down one's weapons,
deposit,
lay out,
give up,
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