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

This game began, appropriately enough, with Angela Dugalic blocking Aston Judd’s shot and then glaring at her as the Longhorn lay in a heap.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Vance made it clear that the administration’s interests lay in the country’s vast oil reserves.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

The ad's originality lay in the fact it did not directly show off the product, but instead promised a new world of emancipation for consumers thanks to home computers.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

“All the sweets and all the terrors of human lot lay in his mind,” Emerson writes, “as truly but as softly as the landscape lies on the eye.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Now it was almost completely deflated and lay in a heap on the ground.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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