lay it on
Example Sentences
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“The whole team was ready to lay it on the line today,” coach Lincoln Riley said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025
When—aha!—Matteo found the skull, he handed it up, and the two priests connected to the heist carefully lay it on a cloak to be folded up with the other long bones.
From Slate ● Dec. 15, 2024
And when our sound tech asked us did we want to know what we were having, and my wife and I hate surprises so we told her to lay it on us.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2023
“It’s made me really antsy to play, watching my teammates every week go out there and lay it on the line,” Hobbs said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
“Off you go,” said Fiver, “and lay it on thick.”
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
