lay for

Verb

Meaning

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.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

benet waylay

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

lay eyes on lay figure lay finger on lay hands on lay hold lay hold of