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lay someone or something in(to) something

to place someone or something in something. The women laid the king into the coffin and the funeral procession assembled. The cook laid the salmon in the poaching liquid.

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I could but vaguely conjecture the cause of my paralysis, and my only hope lay in that it might pass off as suddenly as it had fallen upon me. A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context One sunny afternoon in the autumn of the year 1861, a soldier lay in a clump of laurel by the side of a road in Western Virginia. A Horseman in the Sky by Bierce, Ambrose View in context After the first day we said little to one another, and lay in our places in the boat and stared at the horizon, or watched, with eyes that grew larger and more haggard every day, the misery and weakness gaining upon our companions. The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context			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 waste laze away			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 lay hold on lay homeopath lay in lay in ashes lay in ruins Lay in state Lay in state Lay in state Lay in state lay in store lay into lay into lay into lay into lay into Lay investiture Lay investiture Lay investiture Lay investiture controversy lay it on the line lay it on the line lay it on the line lay it on the line lay it on the line lay it on the line lay it on thick lay it on thick lay it on thick lay it on thick lay it on thick lay it on with a trowel Lay leader Lay Low

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