lay down the law

[ law ]

as ininflict
as ininsist
as inordain
as inrevile
as inrule
as inscold
as inupbraid
as incall the shots
as inpreponderate
as inrail against
as incommand
as indecree
as indictate
as indispose
as indominate
as ingovern
as inimpose

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WORD ORIGIN

Old English lagu (plural laga, comb. form lah-) "law, ordinance, rule, regulation; district governed by the same laws," from Old Norse *lagu "law," collective plural of lag "layer, measure, stroke," literally "something laid down or fixed," from Proto-Germanic *lagan "put, lay" (see lay (v.)).

Replaced Old English æ and gesetnes, which had the same sense development as law. Cf. also statute, from Latin statuere; German Gesetz "law," from Old High German gisatzida; Lithuanian istatymas, from istatyti "set up, establish." In physics, from 1660s. Law and order have been coupled since 1796.

lay down the law

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