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  • 81lay\ out — v. phr. 1. To prepare (a dead body) for burial. The corpse was laid out by the undertaker. 2. slang To knock down flat; to hit unconscious. A stiff right to the jaw laid the boxer out in the second round. 3. To plan. Come here, Fred, I have a job …

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  • 82Lay Down Your Burdens — Battlestar Galactica episode Episode no. Season 2 Episode 19 20 Directed by Michael Rymer Written …

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  • 83lay aside — I verb abandon, continue, defer, delay, discard, disclaim, discount, dismiss, disregard, drop, exclude, forestall, forgo, hold, hold up, ignore, isolate, keep, lay by, lay in a stock, pass over, pick out, postpone, preserve, pretermit, put aside …

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  • 84lay-by — lay bys N COUNT A lay by is a short strip of road by the side of a main road, where cars can stop for a while. [BRIT] I left my car in a lay by and set off on foot. (in AM, use pull off, turn out) …

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  • 85Lay-Away — is a 1972 funk rock single released by The Isley Brothers on their T Neck imprint. Released as the first record off their Brother, Brother, Brother album, the song depicted the narrator s description of how his lover s love was so special that he …

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  • 86lay-up — /lay up /, n. 1. Basketball. a shot with one hand from a point close to the basket, in which a player shoots the ball toward the basket, often off the backboard. 2. the operation of assembling veneers for pressing into plywood. 3. the operation… …

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  • 87lay\ a\ patch — • lay rubber • lay a patch v. phr. slang To take off in a car or a motorcycle so fast that the tires (made of rubber) leave a mark on the pavement. Look at those crazy drag racers; they laid rubber in front of my house …

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  • 88lay\ rubber — • lay rubber • lay a patch v. phr. slang To take off in a car or a motorcycle so fast that the tires (made of rubber) leave a mark on the pavement. Look at those crazy drag racers; they laid rubber in front of my house …

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  • 89lay-up — lay′ up or lay′up n. spo a basketball shot made close to the basket and often angled off the backboard • Etymology: 1940–45 …

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  • 90lay-by — ► NOUN (pl. lay bys) 1) Brit. an area at the side of a road where vehicles may pull off the road and stop. 2) Austral./NZ & S. African a system of paying a deposit to secure an article for later purchase …

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