lay up
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Female stink bugs can lay up to 400 eggs, which become adults a little more than a month after hatching.
From NewsForKids.net ● Apr. 15, 2024
After his 320-yard tee shot wound up behind a patch of trees far down the left side of the fairway, he made the questionable decision not to lay up in front of the pond.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2024
Female bedbugs can deposit one to five eggs a day and may lay up to 200 to 500 eggs in their lifetime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
A three-year-old colony can hold as many as 100,000 fire ants and a mature queen can lay up to 5,000 eggs per day.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2024
He had several hiding places where he lay up during the day and he only came out at night to hunt and explore and search the air for telltale hints of Aurelia in the wind.
From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks
