Phrase Hound found 74 phrases and 40 compound words that contain lays. The most common are listed below. Open lays in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 74
- lays outthird-person singular simple present indicative of lay out: To expend or contribute money to an expense or purchase.
- lays downthird-person singular simple present indicative of lay down: To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground.
- lays down onthird-person singular simple present indicative of lay down on: To fail in a responsibility or duty to (a person); to abandon (a post).
- lays the dustthird-person singular simple present indicative of lay the dust: To consume an alcoholic drink.
- lays the groundworkthird-person singular simple present indicative of lay the groundwork: To create a foundation; to provide the basics or fundamentals.
- lays the tablethird-person singular simple present indicative of lay the table: Synonym of set the table (“to arrange plates, dishes, etc. in preparation for a meal”).
- lays down the lawthird-person singular simple present indicative of lay down the law: To promulgate law.
- lays down the markerthird-person singular simple present indicative of lay down the marker: To set the standard.
- kill the goose that lays the golden eggsTo seek short-term gain at the sacrifice of long-term profit.
- cross laysplural of cross lay: An arrangement of the fire hose on a fire engine for rapid deployment, involving storage of the hose perpendicularly across the fire apparatus, usually above or adjacent to the pump panel, so it can be pulled toward …
- lays aboutthird-person singular simple present indicative of lay about: To strike blows in all directions.
- lays asidethird-person singular simple present indicative of lay aside: To reserve (something, especially money) for future use; to save as a backup.
- lays awaythird-person singular simple present indicative of lay away: To reserve (something) for the future.
- lays backthird-person singular simple present indicative of lay back: To lie down on one's back; to lie back.
- lays barethird-person singular simple present indicative of lay bare: To make bare; strip.
- lays behindthird-person singular simple present indicative of lay behind: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lay, behind.
- lays claimthird-person singular simple present indicative of lay claim: To state that something belongs to oneself.
- lays eggsthird-person singular simple present indicative of lay eggs: To produce a string of failures or flops.
- lays lowthird-person singular simple present indicative of lay low: To topple or overcome; to cause to fall; (of a person) to knock out.
- lays oddsthird-person singular simple present indicative of lay odds: To offer a bet in which one stands more to lose than the opponent; or a bet in some other way favourable to the opponent.
- lays offthird-person singular simple present indicative of lay off: (of an employer) To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume or through no fault of the worker, often with a severance package.
- lays openthird-person singular simple present indicative of lay open: To publish a patent for initial public review, prior to the formal application for registration.
- lays overthird-person singular simple present indicative of lay over: To make an intermediary stop somewhere.
- lays pipethird-person singular simple present indicative of lay pipe: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lay, pipe.
- lays rubberthird-person singular simple present indicative of lay rubber: To accelerate so rapidly from standstill that it leaves a mark of burnt rubber on the road from the tire.
Compound words 40
- lazyUnwilling to do work or make an effort; disinclined to exertion.
- displaysplural of display: A show or spectacle.
- overlaysthird-person singular simple present indicative of overlay: To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.
- replaysplural of replay: To play again.
- outlaysplural of outlay: A laying out or expending; that which is laid out or expended.
- parlaysplural of parlay: To carry forward the stake and winnings from a bet on to a subsequent wager or series of wagers.
- underlaysplural of underlay: simple past of underlie
- azalaysplural of azalay: A salt caravan route through the Sahara.
- DeMolaysplural of DeMolay: A member of DeMolay International, a youth leadership organization with Masonic origins.
- dingolaysthird-person singular simple present indicative of dingolay: To perform a kind of lively dance with hand movements.