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Lay siege

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Verb
  1. 1
    Chiefly followed by against or to: to engage in a siege; to besiege. intransitive

    "And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about."

  2. 2
    To attack continually over a long period. figuratively, intransitive

    "They’re laying siege to all we hold dear."

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