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lay on
verb
to provide or supply
to lay on entertainment
to install
to lay on electricity
informal
to exaggerate, esp when flattering
to charge an exorbitant price
to punish or strike harshly
Idioms and Phrases
Cover with, apply; also, use. For example, He decided to lay on a second coat of primer , or She laid on a thick Southern accent . [c. 1600] Also see lay it on thick .
Inflict blows, attack, as in “Lay on, Macduff; and damn'd be him that first cries, 'Hold, enough!'” (Shakespeare, Macbeth, 5:8 ). [Early 1200s]
Impose or cast something on someone, as in The government laid a tax on landholders , or Dad had a way of laying the guilt for his shortcomings on his partners . This usage is also found in , as in Nancy could always find someone to lay the blame on , or Jerry put the blame on Bill . [1300s]
Example Sentences
For the wolf was so large that when she lay on her side, curved neatly against one wall of the cave, all three Incorrigibles could nestle cozily against her.
He’d look at the color of the sky at sunset and know what weather lay on the horizon: “Red sky at night, sailors’ delight; red sky in the morning, sailors take warning.”
They lay on the ocean floor, still stacked as they had been in the ship’s hull, and next to them lay the remnants of tin ingots.
The sunken ship lay on the ocean floor for more than seventy-two years until, on August 19, 2017, a team headed by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen discovered it lying some 18,000 feet beneath the sea.
McQuillan then stabbed Mr Beaton with a machete while he lay on the road badly injured.
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