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Phrasal Verb: Lay down

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Lay down - Establish rules or procedures
Example:
The rules of the sport were LAID DOWN early in the nineteenth century.
Notes:
- Separable [optional]
- International English
Lay down - Kill, murder
Example:
He got LAID DOWN in a turf war about supplying drugs.
Notes:
- Separable [optional]
- American English
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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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