āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
lay down
/lËeÉĒ dËaĘn/
to lay down
[phrase form: lay]
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āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to officially state that something, such as a principle or rule must be obeyed
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The constitution lays down the basic principles of government.
āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āϏāϰāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āύā§āϤāĻŋāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āύāĻŋāϰā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
02
āĻšāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻž, āĻ āϏā§āϤā§āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž
to stop trying or fighting, and admit defeat
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The politician laid down his office and admitted defeat.
āϰāĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĻ āϤā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧ āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
03
āĻļā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻā§ āϰāĻžāĻāĻž
to intentionally fall off a motorcycle to avoid a collision
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The rider laid down to avoid hitting the pothole.
āĻāĻžāϞāĻ āĻāϰā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧠āĻļā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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āϰāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to stop holding or using something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The musician laid down her instrument to rest her fingers.
āϏāĻā§āĻā§āϤāĻļāĻŋāϞā§āĻĒā§ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§āϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§āϝāϝāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻāĻŋ āϰā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
05
āĻāϏā§āϤāĻĢāĻž āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āϤā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž
to resign or retire from a job, responsibility, or position
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The judge laid down her robe after retiring from the bench.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰāĻ āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ
āĻŦāϏāϰ āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻāύ āϤā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻāĻŽāĻž āĻāϰāĻž, āϏāĻāĻā§āϰāĻš āĻāϰāĻž
to gradually gather and store something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The company is laying down reserves in case of a recession.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāύā§āĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āϰāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰā§āĻ āĻāĻŽāĻž āĻāϰāĻā§āĨ¤
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