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View definitions for lay down

lay down

verb as in leave

verb as in parlay

verb as in provide

verb as in recline

verb as in repose

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Hamas would lay down its arms while renouncing its leadership role.

And Hamas would lay down its arms while forever renouncing its leadership role.

They also suggested Hamas be required to lay down its arms rather than destroy them to save face.

Navalny was brought back to his cell, his wife said, where he lay down on the ground, pulled his legs up to his stomach and began to moan from pain.

Hamas has previously refused to lay down its weapons, saying it would only do so when a Palestinian state had been established.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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