lay in
verb- To put (something) aside for future use. · to lay in a stock / store / supply of something
- To add (something) to a painting, especially directly onto the blank canvas in the early stages of the work. · She uses a round brush to lay in the background.
- To give a lay-in; to allow or require one to remain in one's cell, rather than work, due to injury or illness.
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“I have always been an honest man, and, as far as lay in my power, I have done good.”
A DOG lay in a manger, and by his growling and snapping prevented the oxen from eating the hay which had been placed for them.
The Traveler no sooner felt his genial rays than he took off one garment after another, and at last, fairly overcome with heat, undressed and bathed in a stream that lay in his path.
Then you returned, sir, and my brother thought he would be safer on the moor than anywhere else until the hue and cry was over, so he lay in hiding there.
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