lays down
Examples
If any demonstrator ever lays down in front of my car, it'll be the last car he'll ever lay down in front of.
Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today.
Every blade in the field - Every leaf in the forest - lays down its life in its season as beautifully as it was taken up.
Sometimes I order a beet salad, so when the waiter comes and lays down my salad I can say "thanks for laying down those funky beets". It's an expensive joke because I don't even like beets.
If every man lays down his arms and refuses to pick them up, the first man to pick up can do whatever he wants.
Who gives the bread lays down the authority.