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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			law unto oneself lawyer lay lay a finger on lay a hand on lay a trip on lay against lay alongside lay an egg lay around lay aside lay aside for lay at door lay at feet lay away lay bare lay before lay cards on the table lay claim to lay down lay down arms lay down life lay down the law lay emphasis on lay eyes on lay for lay hold of lay in lay into lay it on the line lay it on thick lay low lay low and sing small lay of the land lay off lay on lay open lay out lay out in lavender lay out on lay over lay rubber lay some sweet lines on lay the blame on lay the ghost of lay to lay to rest lay to waste lay together lay under lay up			lay down arms lay down arms Lay Down Drill Pipe lay down guide lines lay down life lay down limits Lay Down Misere lay down on the job lay down one’s office lay down the law lay down the law lay down the law lay down the law lay down the law Lay Ecclesial Ministry Program Lay elder lay emphasis on Lay Episcopalians for the Anglican Communion Lay Eucharistic Minister lay even money lay eyes on lay eyes on lay eyes on lay eyes on lay eyes on lay eyes on someone or something lay figure lay figure lay figures lay figures lay for lay hands on lay hands on lay hands on lay hands on lay hands on lay hands upon lay head on the block lay head on the block lay head on the block lay head on the block lay head on the block lay health system lay health system lay health system lay health system Lay Health Worker Outreach lay heavy on lay heavy on lay heavy on lay heavy on lay herbalist lay hold lay hold lay hold lay hold lay hold of lay hold of lay hold on lay hold on lay hold on

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