lay someone low

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• lay someone low — usually passive phrase to make someone ill or weak and unable to do the things that they usually do He was laid low for two weeks with a virus. Thesaurus: to cause someone to have an illness or feel illsynonym Main entry: lay * * * (of an… …   Useful english dictionary

• lay someone low — lay (someone) low if an illness lays someone low, they are unable to do what they usually do for a period of time. He was at home at the time, laid low with the flu. (usually passive) …   New idioms dictionary

• lay someone low — reduce someone to inactivity, illness, or a lowly position. → lay …   English new terms dictionary

• lay someone low — [usually passive] to make someone ill or weak and unable to do the things that they usually do He was laid low for two weeks with a virus …   English dictionary

• lay low — lay (someone) low if an illness lays someone low, they are unable to do what they usually do for a period of time. He was at home at the time, laid low with the flu. (usually passive) …   New idioms dictionary

• lay — lay1 [ leı ] (past tense and past participle laid [ leıd ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 put down flat/carefully ▸ 2 push egg from body ▸ 3 plan and prepare ▸ 4 lie ▸ 5 prepare table for meal ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) transitive lay on/in/across/against to put something …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• lay — I. /leɪ / (say lay) verb (laid, laying) –verb (t) 1. to put or place in a position of rest or recumbency: to lay a book on a desk. 2. to bring, throw, or beat down, as from an erect position: to lay a person low. 3. to cause to subside: to lay… …  

• lay — I UK [leɪ] / US verb Word forms lay : present tense I/you/we/they lay he/she/it lays present participle laying past tense laid UK [leɪd] / US past participle laid *** Collocations: Lay means to put something in a particular place or position: I… …   English dictionary

• lay — lay1 verb (past and past participle laid) 1》 put down, especially gently or carefully. 2》 put down and set in position for use.     ↘Brit. set cutlery on (a table) in preparation for a meal.     ↘put the material for (a fire) in place.… …   English new terms 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

• low — I. /loʊ / (say loh) adjective 1. situated or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf. 2. not far above the horizon, as a heavenly body. 3. lying or being below the general level: low ground. 4. Printing (of type or blocks) …