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lay something to something

to attribute something to something. I lay all our problems to the inadequacy of our training. Mary laid her success to a good upbringing.

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I wished that I might have found a point closer to the two men from which to have heard their conversation; but it was out of the question now to attempt to cross the river, and so I lay quietly watching them, who would have given so much to have known how close I lay to them, and how easily they might have overcome and killed me with their superior force. Warlord of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context On the 21st he was again floundering through the snow, on the great Snake River plain, where it lay to the depth of thirty inches. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context Some natural necessities required me to get down; I durst not presume to call; and if I had, it would have been in vain, with such a voice as mine, at so great a distance from the room where I lay to the kitchen where the family kept. Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context			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 lead back lead by lead by the nose lead down lead down the garden path lead down to lead forth lead in			Lay sister Lay sisters lay some sweet lines on lay something by lay something to rest lay store by lay store by lay store by lay store by lay store on lay store on lay store on lay store on lay stress on lay stress on lay stress on something lay the blame on lay the blame on lay the blame on someone or something lay the finger on lay the finger on someone lay the foundation lay the foundation for lay the foundation of lay the foundations lay the ghost of lay through teeth lay through teeth lay through teeth lay through teeth lay to lay to rest lay to rest lay to rest lay to rest lay to rest lay to waste lay to waste lay to waste lay to waste lay to waste lay to waste lay to waste lay together lay under lay under embargo lay under restraint Lay Underwriter Lay Underwriters lay up lay up lay up lay up lay up lay up lay upon Lay vicar Lay vicar Lay vicar lay vicars lay vicars

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