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lay down something

to say or write something plainly. The coach laid down the rules for all team members, including being at every practice and getting eight hours sleep.

Related vocabulary: set down something

See also: down, lay

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Once, in the pursuit of a rabbit, which she ordinarily would have caught with ease, she gave over and lay down and rested. White Fang by London, Jack View in context At last she crawled over the swaying floor to her bed, and lay down upon it; and Toto followed and lay down beside her. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context A SEAGULL having bolted down too large a fish, burst its deep gullet-bag and lay down on the shore to die. Fables by Aesop View in context More results

References in classic literature

Once, in the pursuit of a rabbit, which she ordinarily would have caught with ease, she gave over and lay down and rested.

White Fang by London, Jack View in context

At last she crawled over the swaying floor to her bed, and lay down upon it; and Toto followed and lay down beside her.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context

A SEAGULL having bolted down too large a fish, burst its deep gullet-bag and lay down on the shore to die.

Fables by Aesop View in context

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