Thesaurus / lay it on
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synonyms for lay it on
- amplify
- exaggerate
- overstate
- act
- burlesque
- enact
- execute
- overdo
- perform
- playact
- present
- produce
- show
- splash
- stage
- farcialize
- give color to
- ham it up
- make a production of
- melodramatize
- play on heartstrings
- play to gallery
- play up
- tragedize
- crouch
- grovel
- abase
- blandish
- bow
- cajole
- cotton
- court
- cower
- crawl
- creep
- cringe
- debase
- defer
- flatter
- invite
- jolly
- kneel
- kowtow
- massage
- oil
- pander
- scrape
- slaver
- snow
- stoop
- stroke
- submit
- toady
- truckle
- woo
- yield
- apple-polish
- be at beck and call
- be obsequious
- be servile
- brown-nose
- buddy up
- butter up
- cater to
- cave in to
- curry favor
- fall all over
- fall on one's knees
- honey up
- lick boots
- make up to
- pay court
- play up to
- exaggerate
- overestimate
- overplay
- overrate
- overreach
- overstate
- overuse
- overvalue
- amplify
- belabor
- fatigue
- hype
- magnify
- overburden
- overindulge
- overload
- overtax
- overtire
- overwork
- pressure
- puff
- stretch
- be intemperate
- bite off too much
- do to death
- drive oneself
- go overboard
- go too far
- make federal case
- not know when to stop
- pile on
- run into the ground
- run riot
- strain oneself
- talk big
- wear down
- wear oneself out
- cajole
- gratify
- massage
- please
- satisfy
- snow
- soap
- stroke
- brown-nose
- fall all over
- play the game
- play up to
- politic
- soften up
- suck up to
- bootlick
- cajole
- flatter
- kowtow
- massage
- oil
- stroke
- truckle
- woo
- apple-polish
- be servile
- brown-nose
- butter up
- fall all over
- fall on one's knees
- honey up
- kiss one's feet
- kiss-up
- lick boots
- pay court
- play up to
- scratch one's back
- suck up to
- bootlick
- cajole
- flatter
- grovel
- kowtow
- massage
- oil
- stroke
- toady
- woo
- apple-polish
- be servile
- brown-nose
- butter up
- fall all over
- fall on one's knees
- honey up
- kiss one's feet
- kiss-up
- lick boots
- pay court
- play up to
- scratch one's back
- suck up to
- cajole
- finagle
- banter
- blandish
- charm
- coax
- con
- court
- draw
- entice
- flatter
- inveigle
- kowtow
- oil
- persuade
- seduce
- snow
- soap
- soft-soap
- sweet-talk
- worm
- butter up
- soften up
- spread it on
- sweeten up
- work on
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How to use lay it on in a sentence
A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTThe seed of discontent was again germinating under the duplicity of the Spanish lay and clerical authorities.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANAt the sight, Felipe flung himself on his knees before her; he kissed the aged hands as they lay trembling in her lap.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONAlone Orlean lay trying vainly to forget something—something that stood like a spectre before her eyes.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXSometimes the child lay so still that Aristide arose to see whether he was alive.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEThere lay Bob Rock, covered with blood, and apparently insensible.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, NO. CCCXXXIX. JANUARY, 1844. VOL. LV.VARIOUSThis road ran north and south, and nearly in front of where he lay another road entered it, coming in from the west.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNAt last he lay upon the floor, while around her, Mrs. Merley and the other girl begged and beseeched.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXIn Paris, Joachim soon found that the royal road to success lay in denouncing loudly all superior officers of lack of patriotism.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISONWe always lay our notes on the table, and he takes them, looks them over, and calls out what he'll have played.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYWORDS RELATED TO LAY IT ON
- abase
- apple-polish
- be at beck and call
- be obsequious
- be servile
- blandish
- bow
- brown-nose
- buddy up
- butter up
- cajole
- cater to
- cave in to
- cotton
- court
- cower
- crawl
- creep
- cringe
- crouch
- curry favor
- debase
- defer
- fall all over
- fall on one's knees
- flatter
- grovel
- honey up
- invite
- jolly
- kneel
- kowtow
- lay it on
- lick boots
- make up to
- massage
- oil
- pander
- pay court
- play up to
- scrape
- slaver
- snow
- stoop
- stroke
- submit
- toady
- truckle
- woo
- yield
- abased
- apple-polished
- blandished
- bowed
- brownnosed
- buddy up
- buttered up
- cajoled
- catered to
- caved in to
- cottoned
- courted
- cowered
- crawled
- crept
- cringed
- crouched
- curried favor
- debased
- deferred
- fell all over
- fell on one's knees
- flattered
- grovelled
- honey up
- invited
- jollied
- knelt
- kowtowed
- lay it on
- lick boots
- made up to
- massaged
- oiled
- paid court
- pandered
- played up to
- scraped
- slavered
- snowed
- stooped
- stroked
- submitted
- toadied
- truckled
- was at beck and called
- was obsequious
- was servile
- wooed
- yielded
- amplify
- be intemperate
- belabor
- bite off too much
- do to death
- drive oneself
- exaggerate
- fatigue
- go overboard
- go too far
- hype
- lay it on
- magnify
- make federal case
- not know when to stop
- overburden
- overestimate
- overindulge
- overload
- overplay
- overrate
- overreach
- overstate
- overtax
- overtire
- overuse
- overvalue
- overwork
- pile on
- pressure
- puff
- run into the ground
- run riot
- strain oneself
- stretch
- talk big
- wear down
- wear oneself out
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.