lay in

British  

verb

1. (tr, adverb) to accumulate and store

   we must lay in food for the party

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lay in Idioms  

1. Also, lay up. Stock or store for future use, as in We laid in supplies for the winter, or Are you sure you've laid up enough material? The first term dates from the late 1500s, the second from about 1400. Also see lay aside, def. 2; lay down, def. 4.

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Example Sentences

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lay in

“Perhaps its real significance lay in the fact that it was the first of many historic occasion in which the United States would undertake to project her military power far beyond her own borders.”

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

According to Boettcher, Abdulmohsen's motive lay in a conflict with a Cologne-based refugee organisation against which he had lost a civil suit.

From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026

Midway through the game, Brown settled on a strategy whose genius lay in its simplicity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 20, 2026

"The amount of times I will lay in bed and just cry because there's so much I want to give her that I can't give her," she said.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026

He lay in bed, drifting in and out of sleep.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

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