Lay out

//ˌleɪ ˈaʊt// verb, slang

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To expend or contribute money to an expense or purchase. transitive

    "She laid out hundreds of dollars to throw a great party."

  2. 2
    get ready for a particular purpose or event wordnet
  3. 3
    To arrange (physically) in a certain way, so as to spread or space apart; to display (e.g. merchandise or a collection). transitive

    "She laid the blocks out in a circle on the floor."

  4. 4
    provide a detailed plan or design wordnet
  5. 5
    To explain; to interpret. transitive

    "Let me lay it out for you: you're not going to get a better opportunity than this one."

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  1. 6
    bring forward and present to the mind wordnet
  2. 7
    To arrange; to design; to concoct; to think up. transitive

    "He began to lay out the hull for an inexpensive but fast littoral drone."

  3. 8
    lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line wordnet
  4. 9
    To prepare a body for burial.

    "They laid him out beautifully on a bier draped in satin."

  5. 10
    spend or invest wordnet
  6. 11
    To render (someone) unconscious; to knock out; to cause to fall to the floor; to kill. US, colloquial, transitive

    "I laid him out on the sidewalk after he tried to grab me."

  7. 12
    To scold or berate. colloquial, transitive

    "She really laid him out for taking the money and then lying to try to cover it up."

  8. 13
    To cease playing one's instrument. colloquial, intransitive

    "Hey man can you lay out on the bridge?"

Etymology

From lay + out.

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