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Lay out
//ˌleɪ ˈaʊt// verb, slang
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Verb
- 1 To expend or contribute money to an expense or purchase. transitive
"She laid out hundreds of dollars to throw a great party."
- 2 get ready for a particular purpose or event wordnet
- 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 provide a detailed plan or design wordnet
- 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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- 6 bring forward and present to the mind wordnet
- 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."
- 8 lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line wordnet
- 9 To prepare a body for burial.
"They laid him out beautifully on a bier draped in satin."
- 10 spend or invest wordnet
- 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."
- 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."
- 13 To cease playing one's instrument. colloquial, intransitive
"Hey man can you lay out on the bridge?"
Etymology
From lay + out.
See also for "lay out"
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