lay down
lay
leÉĒ
lei
down
daƊn
dawn
/lˈeÉĒ dˈaƊn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "lay down"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to lay down
[phrase form: lay]
01

āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to officially state that something, such as a principle or rule must be obeyed
to lay down definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The constitution lays down the basic principles of government.
āϏāĻ‚āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āϏāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§ŒāϞāĻŋāĻ• āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻšāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻž, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to stop trying or fighting, and admit defeat
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The politician laid down his office and admitted defeat.
āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĻ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒāϰāĻžāϜāϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻļ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

to intentionally fall off a motorcycle to avoid a collision
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The rider laid down to avoid hitting the pothole.
āϚāĻžāϞāĻ• āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āφāϘāĻžāϤ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
04

āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to stop holding or using something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The musician laid down her instrument to rest her fingers.
āϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āϤāĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§€ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāϙ⧁āϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§āϝāϝāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
05

āχāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻĢāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to resign or retire from a job, responsibility, or position
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The judge laid down her robe after retiring from the bench.
āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāĻ• āĻŦ⧇āĻžā§āϚ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāϏāϰ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻžāωāύ āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻ— āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
06

āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰāĻž

to gradually gather and store something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company is laying down reserves in case of a recession.
āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āϰāĻŋāϜāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ­ āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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