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Synonyms & Antonyms of lay by
1
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
- a politician who had laid by his principles years ago
Synonyms for lay by
- cashier,
- cast (off),
- chuck,
- deep-six,
- discard,
- ditch,
- dump,
- eighty-six
- (or 86),
- exorcise
- (also exorcize),
- fling (off or away),
- jettison,
- junk,
- lose,
- pitch,
- reject,
- scrap,
- shed,
- shuck (off),
- slough (off)
- also sluff (off),
- throw away,
- throw out,
- toss,
- unload
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2
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place
- ever since the last hurricane caught them unprepared, they have laid by emergency supplies
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“Lay by.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lay%20by. Accessed 20 Jun. 2021.
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The first known use of lay by was in the 15th century
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