lay for

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lay something for someone or something

to prepare something (for a meal) for the benefit of someone or a group. She laid a lovely picnic for the two of them. Would you lay the table for dinner for our guests?

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Half-stunned, Bradley lay for a minute as he had fallen and then slowly and painfully wriggled into a less uncomfortable position. Out of Time's Abyss by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context Even when their eyes had met, and her sister had approached the bed, Louisa lay for minutes looking at her in silence, and suffering her timidly to hold her passive hand, before she asked: Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context In the meantime he lay for many weary days in the plaster and abstained from raising a dangerous temperature. Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context More results

? References in classic literature

Half-stunned, Bradley lay for a minute as he had fallen and then slowly and painfully wriggled into a less uncomfortable position.

Out of Time's Abyss by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

Even when their eyes had met, and her sister had approached the bed, Louisa lay for minutes looking at her in silence, and suffering her timidly to hold her passive hand, before she asked:

Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context

In the meantime he lay for many weary days in the plaster and abstained from raising a dangerous temperature.

Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context

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