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lay for (someone)

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  • lay into someone — lay into (someone) to attack someone physically or with words. First the two kids just yelled but soon they laid into each other with hard punches. My sister really laid into me for borrowing her dress without asking first …   New idioms dictionary

  • lay at someone's door — ► lay at someone s door blame someone for. Main Entry: ↑door …   English terms dictionary

  • lay at someone's door — To blame someone for • • • Main Entry: ↑door …   Useful english dictionary

  • lay at someone's door — idi lay at someone s door, to hold someone accountable for …   From formal English to slang

  • lay off (someone or something) — in. to top bothering or harming someone or something; to stop being concerned about someone or something. □ Lay off the booze for a while, why don’t ya? □ Lay off me! I didn’t do anything! …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • lay for — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. await, waylay, wait; see ambush , attack 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb Informal. To wait concealed in order to attack (someone): Idioms: lay wait for, lie in wait for. See ATTACK, SHOW …   English dictionary for students

  • pave the way for someone — pave the way for (someone/something) to make it possible or easier for someone or something to follow. The procedure helped pave the way for successful open heart surgery using the heart lung machine. Related vocabulary: lay someone/something… …   New idioms dictionary

  • in store (for someone) — phrase if something is in store for you, it will happen to you in the future None of us knew what lay in store. Thesaurus: certain or likely to happensynonym general words meaning to happensynonym Main entry: store …   Useful english dictionary

  • lay — {{11}}lay (adj.) uneducated; non clerical, early 14c., from O.Fr. lai secular, not of the clergy (Mod.Fr. laïque), from L.L. laicus, from Gk. laikos of the people, from laos people, of unknown origin. In M.E., contrasted with learned, a sense… …   Etymology dictionary

  • lay — lay1 [lā] vt. laid, laying [ME leyen, new formation < 3d pers. sing. of earlier leggen < OE lecgan, lit., to make lie (akin to Goth lagjan, Ger legen) < pt. base of OE licgan, to LIE1] 1. to cause to come down or fall with force; knock… …   English World dictionary

  • lay someone open to something — phrase to provide a good reason for criticizing, blaming, or attacking someone Sheila knew that any sign of weakness would lay her open to further attack. Thesaurus: to cause problems for someone or somethingsynonym Main entry: lay …   Useful english dictionary

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