English
Category:English idioms
Verb
en-verb|lays down|laying down|laid down|laid down

1. transitive To give up or surrender something.

#:The police urged the gunman to lay down his weapon.

1. transitive To specify, institute, enact, establish or formulate rules.

#:Let's lay down the rules right at the beginning, so we are consistent.

1. transitive To store wine etc for the future.
2. transitive To sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life."
3. intransitive Past tense of lie, in the sense of resting

#:I feel a bit ill, so I'm going to go lay down for a while.

Translations
trans-top|To give up or surrender something
Finnish: luovuttaa
trans-mid
Portuguese: desistir
trans-bottom

trans-top|To specify, institute, enact, establish or formulate rules
Finnish: määrätä, säätää
trans-mid
Portuguese: delinear
trans-bottom

trans-top|To store wine etc for the future
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|To sacrifice
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|Past tense of lie, in the sense of resting
Finnish: käydä makuulle
trans-mid
Portuguese: deitar
trans-bottom

fr:lay down
io:lay down

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