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lay somebody low

if an illness lays someone low, they are unable to do what they usually do for a period of time (usually passive) He was at home at the time, laid low with the flu.

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Tom didn't feel no more intrust in him neither, only curiosity to know what come of him; but he said we'd lay low and keep dark and it wouldn't be long till the dogs or somebody rousted him out. Tom Sawyer Detective by Twain, Mark View in context The island, which was of irregular outline and lay low upon the wide sea, had a total area, I suppose, of seven or eight square miles. The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context Luck and only luck it must have been which had permitted that first shot to lay low one of the savage creatures, for even such a heavy weapon as my pistol is entirely inadequate against even the lesser carnivora of Caspak. The Land That Time Forgot by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			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 leach leach away leach in leach out of			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 lay low and sing small Lay Member to Annual Conference lay midwife lay midwife Lay Ministers Lay Ministers Lay Ministers Lay Ministers lay money down lay money on lay neck on the block lay neck on the block lay neck on the block lay neck on the block lay neck on the block lay odds lay odds lay odds Lay of Havelock the Dane Lay of the Cid lay of the land lay of the land lay of the land lay of the land lay of the land lay off lay off lay off lay off lay off

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