lay out

lay someone out

1. Sl. to knock someone down with a punch; to knock someone unconscious. Tom laid out Bill with one punch to the chin. The policeman laid the thief out.

2. to prepare a corpse for burial or for a wake. They laid out their uncle for the wake. The women of the community used to lay their dead out.

3. Sl. to scold someone severely. Don't lay me out! I didn't do it! She really laid out the guy but good. What did he do, rob a bank?

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In the world-language of Barsoom she heard a man issuing instructions--so many were to pick usa, so many were to irrigate this field, so many to cultivate that, and so on, as a foreman lay out the day's work for his crew. The Chessmen of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context Presently she put him down, for there was much to be done, and he helped her to lay out his clothes on the bed. Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context Nor less so did the mighty subterranean prospector which had carried me to Pellucidar and back again, and which lay out in the desert about two miles from my camp. Pellucidar by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			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 lead lead a dance lead a dog's life lead a double life lead against lead astray			Lay Offs Lay Offs lay on lay on lay on lay on lay on Lay on Hands lay on the line Lay on the table Lay on the table Lay on the table Lay on the table lay on thick lay on thick lay on thick lay on thick lay on with a trowel lay on with a trowel lay on with a trowel lay on with a trowel lay one on lay oneself open to lay open lay open lay open lay open lay open lay open to harm lay open to view lay out lay out a boundary lay out for lay out in lavender lay out money lay out on lay over lay over lay over lay over lay over lay panel Lay Pastoral Ministry Institute Lay Pastoral Ministry Program Lay Pastors Ministry, Inc. lay people lay people lay people lay people Lay person Lay person Lay person Lay person lay plans Lay preacher Lay preacher Lay preacher Lay preacher Lay race lay ratio lay reader