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  • 1lay up — {v.} 1. To collect a supply of; save for future, use; store. * /Bees lay up honey for the winter./ 2. To keep in the house or in bed because of sickness or injury; disable. * /Jack was laid up with a twisted knee and couldn t play in the final… …

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  • 2lay up — {v.} 1. To collect a supply of; save for future, use; store. * /Bees lay up honey for the winter./ 2. To keep in the house or in bed because of sickness or injury; disable. * /Jack was laid up with a twisted knee and couldn t play in the final… …

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  • 3lay\ up — v 1. To collect a supply of; save for future, use; store. Bees lay up honey for the winter. 2. To keep in the house or in bed because of sickness or injury; disable. Jack was laid up with a twisted knee and couldn t play in the final game. 3. To… …

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  • 4Lay's — Type Potato Chips Owner Pepsico Country United States Introduced 1932 …

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  • 5Car boot sale — Car boot sales are a mainly British form of market in which private individuals come together to sell household and garden goods. The term refers to the selling of items from a car s boot (U.K.) (or trunk in the U.S.). Although a small proportion …

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  • 6lay-off — n an occasion when an employer ends a worker s employment for a temporary period of time because there is not enough work ▪ more lay offs in the car industry →lay off …

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  • 7lay-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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  • 8lay\ 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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  • 9lay\ 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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  • 10car|bo|lat|ed — «KAHR buh LAY tihd», adjective. containing carbolic acid …

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