lay under
lay (something) under (someone or something)
To place or drape something beneath someone or something. Please be sure to lay a tarpaulin under the space where you will be painting. She laid a placemat under the child's plate so food wouldn't get on the table.
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lay something under something
to place something beneath something. Please lay a cloth under your workbench to catch the sawdust. Would you mind laying a sheet of plastic over the table?
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in classic literature
An' you consated his body
lay under! Why, I could name ye a dozen whose bones lie in the Greenland seas above," he pointed northwards, "or where the currants may have drifted them.
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