LAID OVER Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

laid over

verb

past tense of lay over

as in postponed

to assign to a later time we'll have to lay over a discussion of the issue until the next meeting

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The game was one of many across the Southland delayed or postponed by lightning, particularly in Orange County.

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
This happened despite the fact that calculations of orbital forcings, together with modeling of how carbon dioxide interferes with glacial inception, have suggested the next ice age was postponed by tens of thousands of years.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of postponed

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But technical and regulatory hurdles repeatedly delayed certification of the largest version of Boeing's bestselling 737 family.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Results were delayed after late openings forced more than 100 polling stations to extend voting hours Monday.

— CBS News, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of delayed

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His autopsy has been completed, though an official cause of death has been deferred pending further investigation.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2026
Highlands has proposed repaying the state through deductions from future state funding, but the bankruptcy court deferred a decision on that proposal until the final hearing in November.

— Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026

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laid siege to

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