Phrasal Verb: Lay down

Phrasal Verb: Lay down


Meaning: Establish rules or procedures

Example: The rules of the sport were LAID DOWN early in the nineteenth century.

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Phrasal Verb: Lay down


Meaning: Kill, murder

Example: He got LAID DOWN in a turf war about supplying drugs.

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Other Phrasal Verbs

We have 5 phrasal verbs with 'LAY'

- Lay down
- Lay into
- Lay off
- Lay on
- Lay out

 

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