lay down
Example Sentences
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He added, “I’m not going to lay down and just say it’s over,” he says.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
Rangers looking to lay down another marker going to Celtic's home, full of 60,000 folk baying for revenge.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Not just show up and expect the other team to lay down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
When aged-spirits distillers are deciding how much new stock to lay down each year, they have to make an educated guess about what demand will look like when the alcohol matures.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
Again the big monkey turned his end of the net loose, ran back down the trail, lay down, and had another rolling, squalling fit.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
