Verb
lay for (third-person singular simple present lays for, present participle laying for, simple past and past participle laid for)
(slang, transitive) To wait (for someone) in order to surprise or attack them.
The sheriff's department sent some officers to lay for him.
The rocket stood in the cold winter morning, making summer with every breath of its mighty exhausts. The rocket made climates, and summer lay for a brief moment upon the land. Ray Bradbury
I thought much, and when I went to bed I lay for a long time vividly awake. Source: Internet
There it lay for at least another three centuries until its rediscovery. Source: Internet
They usually are much larger than ordinary bricks and so are much faster to lay for a wall of a given size. Source: Internet