lay down

Speech parts

1. lay down - Noun

2. lay down - Verb

3. lay down - Phrase

Meaning

institute, enact, or establish

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

lay-down

Synonyms

make establish park pone order place set state provide established put rule rest require stow
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Antonyms

chuck sac can continue arise abolish
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Hypernyms

make create

Hyponyms

mark set

Examples

No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people. William Howard Taft

A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down her sceptre until she is placed on the bier. Edith Evans

That a man be willing, when others are so too, as farre-forth, as for Peace, and defence of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself. Thomas Hobbes

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. Texas Guinan

Work doesn't scare him, but he could lay down near it and sleep. Finnish Proverb

Laugh, and lay down again. Scottish Proverb

Words in the phrase

lay down

Close letter words and terms

lay clerk lay concrete lay day lay down arms lay down on the job lay down one's arms