laid low

/lˈeɪd lˈəʊ/

/lˈeɪd lˈoʊ/

[adjective]

laid low

[ADJECTIVE]

put out of action (by illness)

synonyms : stricken

Examples

1. Hatcher has laid low since Desperate Housewives went off the air.

2. MALCOLM BRABANT: Mohammed laid low until Monday, when, under the protection of the U.N. Refugees Agency, he was formally registered and was admitted to the refugee camp.

3. MALCOLM BRABANT: Mohammed laid low until Monday, when, under the protection of the U.N. Refugees Agency, he was formally registered and was admitted to the refugee camp.

4. They laid low and stuck to the straight and narrow for all of two and a half seconds before they started robbing people again and had to go back on the run.