lay over
Britishverb
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(tr) to postpone for future action
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(intr) to make a temporary stop in a journey
noun
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Postpone, as in This issue will have to be laid over until our next meeting . [Late 1800s]
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Make a stop in the course of a journey, as in They had to lay over for two days in New Delhi until the next flight to Katmandu . This sense gave rise to the noun lay-over for such a stopover. [Late 1800s]
Example Sentences
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An eerie silence lay over the courtyard of Ramadan al-Suleiman's nursery in northern Syria on Sunday as he picked his way through smashed cinderblocks, twisted metal and broken plastic swings.
From Reuters ● Feb. 13, 2023
Fly back on Monday, lay over again in Las Vegas, this time for 10 hours, arrive home Tuesday morning — $335 round trip.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2022
They lay over the belly of the pig and are usually removed before the belly is made into bacon.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2022
Just south of the city, in the town of Edgewater, power lines lay over the roads, a house sat a few feet back from its foundation and a Toyota Tacoma lay on its roof.
From New York Times ● Sep. 2, 2021
Two years’ worth of dust lay over everything.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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