lay down

lay down
phrasal verb
Word forms "lay down":
present tense I/you/we/they lay down he/she/it lays down present participle laying down past tense laid down past participle laid down
1) [transitive] to put something down in order to show you are not going to use it again, for example a weapon or tool

Please stop writing and lay down your pencils.

2) [transitive] to state officially what someone must do or how they must do it

The EU has laid down tough standards for water quality.

lay down that:

The rules laid down that he could not directly intervene.

3) [transitive] to form a layer of something such as soil or mud that gradually becomes hard and develops into rock
4) [intransitive] spoken a way of saying "lie down" that many people think is incorrect
5) lay down the law to tell someone what to do or how to behave in a way that shows that you expect them to obey you completely

With kids like that you have to lay down the law and let them see you're serious.


English dictionary. 2014.

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