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Lay down the law

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To promulgate law.

    "Six or eight thousand years ago / They laid down the law / In Mesopotamia"

  2. 2
    To present the law that applies to a given case. dated
  3. 3
    To authoritatively or dogmatically assert what is permitted or not permitted. idiomatic

    "He concluded this sentence with a self-important cough, as one who has laid down the law in an indisputable manner."

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