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  • 61lay about one — {v. phr.} To hit out in all directions. Used with a reflexive object: her , him , or them . * /The bandits surrounded the sheriff, but he laid about him so hard, with his gun used as a club, that they stepped back and let him escape./ * /Mrs.… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 62lay to rest — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To put a dead person into a grave or tomb; bury. * /President Kennedy was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery./ 2. To get rid of; put away permanently; stop. * /The Scoutmaster s fears that Tom had drowned were… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 63lay some scratch — vp To screech your tires pulling out. He lays some scratch every time he pulls away in that car of his. 1980s …

    Historical dictionary of American slang

  • 64lay\ about\ one — v. phr. To hit out in all directions. Used with a reflexive object: her , him , or them . The bandits surrounded the sheriff, but he laid about him so hard, with his gun used as a club, that they stepped back and let him escape. Mrs. Franklin… …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 65lay\ to\ rest — v. phr. informal 1. To put a dead person into a grave or tomb; bury. President Kennedy was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery. 2. To get rid of; put away permanently; stop. The Scoutmaster s fears that Tom had drowned were laid to rest… …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 66lay a ghost — exorcise ghosts, force out ghosts, send away spirits (from a person or place) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 67lay aside — v. put aside, save, put away for future use; abandon, neglect, desert …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 68put away — Synonyms and related words: accomplish, achieve, annihilate, assassinate, attain, bank, bereave of life, bosom, bottle up, bump off, bundle away, bury, cache, carry away, carry off, chloroform, coffer, compass, consume, consummate, cool, cut down …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 69salt away — Synonyms and related words: bank, bundle away, cache, coffer, deposit, file, hutch, lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay down, lay in, lay in store, lay up, lodge, pack away, put away, put by, reposit, reservoir, salt down, spare, stash, store, store …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 70file away — Synonyms and related words: abate, abrade, abstract, bank, bate, bundle away, cache, coffer, curtail, decrease, deduct, deposit, depreciate, derogate, detract, diminish, disparage, drain, eat away, erode, extract, file, hutch, impair, lay away,… …

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