LAY DOWN Synonyms: 142 Similar and Opposite Words

lay down

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as in to enact

to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action the city council promises to lay down new ordinances that will force dog walkers to clean up after their animals

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as in to declare

to state clearly and strongly at the risk of their popularity, the parents laid down the rules for the party and wouldn't accept any arguments

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as in to specify

to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly the supervisor laid down the procedure for a complaint of sexual harassment

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as in to relinquish

to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress commanded the surrounded troops to lay down their weapons

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Examples of lay down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Every episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air opens with a hip-hop prologue laying down the sitcom's premise in a sequence brought to life, in brilliant neon, by an energetic Will Smith. —

Ew Staff, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024 For decades the country’s economy was subordinated to the guidelines and targets laid down by the IMF and the World Bank. —

Tithi Bhattacharya / Made By History, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024 One of the mind opener visions was seeing myself at the ceremony laying down on the mattress and facing my dead body right in front of me. —

Photovogue, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2024 When recording his ninth solo album, Flow Critical Lucidity, Thurston Moore stayed local, holing up in a London studio near his home in Stoke Newington to lay down tracks. —

Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for lay down

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