re-lay
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of re-lay
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The club said the process will result in "positive improvements", but also admitted the need to re-lay the square.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
If it’s fixing the surface we’ll re-lay it, if it’s new we build from the foundations up.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 11, 2018
To re-create the feeling of the landscape, Woods must re-lay the bricks of every street—hence his indignation, when reviews of his translations praise the author’s prose as if it were not his as well.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 3, 2016
You learned to clean and re-lay the dirty, coal-heated, gas-fired boiler.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 6, 2014
His was the harder, the more hopeless task, to re-lay foundations which had been torn up and scattered, and then begin to build upon them.
From Report of Commemorative Services with the Sermons and Addresses at the Seabury Centenary, 1883-1885. by Diocese Of Connecticut
The Istanbul track proved much more reliable than last year, when it had just been re-laid to host an F1 race for the first time since 2011 and was far too slippery.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2021
The pitch was recently re-laid and the Irish found during Friday’s final practice that it appears to cut up too easily.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 11, 2019
Today, the house is getting new roofs, and the centuries-old paving stones are being re-laid in the courtyard.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 12, 2018
She cleaned and re-laid my palette for me and turned out to be the perfect painter's assistant, also recce-ing for new subjects while I was painting.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2015
Many of the Shakespeare folios have the portrait and verses by Ben Jonson laid down or "re-laid," as the catalogues generally describe it.
From Book Collecting: A Guide for Amateurs by J. Herbert (John Herbert) Slater
Whereas each pothole patch costs about £73 on average, re-laying that same area as part of a planned maintenance programme – in which a road is resurfaced – was about £50, Percy said.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
"It's really disappointing that they are missing and we hope someone will come forward to confirm they are in safe hands for re-laying as part of the master plan for the area."
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2023
Outside the Guardian’s office on Deansgate, one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares, workmen are re-laying the pavement, as demolition experts ready the neighbouring building for the wrecking ball.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 13, 2017
Three of Roberto's colleagues were on their knees re-laying a few square metres.
From BBC ● May 23, 2013
Belew, who had spent most of the game in the press box re-laying offensive signals to Caines over the headset, moved down to the sidelines in the waning moments of the game, clearly beside himself.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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