lay for

Idioms  

1. Be waiting to attack; also, lie in wait for, as in The gang members were laying for him in that dark alley, or The reporters were laying for the Vice President when he came out of the meeting. [Late 1400s]

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Example Sentences

Mal’s exhaustion was so great that her breath turned slow and rhythmic almost immediately, but Christopher lay for a while, looking up at the night sky.

From Literature

She lay for about 45 minutes before the SOS alert she had triggered on her Garmin tracking device was answered.

From BBC

Bob Dylan says he wrote “Lay Lady Lay” for you.

From Los Angeles Times

He and others lay for more than an hour in the bushes.

From Seattle Times

“We’ve had a lot of work with the group that’s going to lay for the last handful of months,” McVay said, adding, “I’m really looking forward to just being able to just go shoot our shot and see what happens.”

From Los Angeles Times

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