lay+hold+of

  • 91lay hands on — {v. phr.} 1. To get hold of; find; catch. * /The treasure hunters can keep any treasure they can lay hands on./ * /If the police can lay hands on him, they will put him in jail./ Compare: LAY ONE S HAND ON(2). 2. To do violence to; harm; hurt. *… …

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  • 92lay hands on — {v. phr.} 1. To get hold of; find; catch. * /The treasure hunters can keep any treasure they can lay hands on./ * /If the police can lay hands on him, they will put him in jail./ Compare: LAY ONE S HAND ON(2). 2. To do violence to; harm; hurt. *… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 93Lay It Down (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Lay It Down Type = Studio album Artist = Cowboy Junkies Released = February 27, 1996 Recorded = June July 1995 Genre = Alternative rock Length = 50:52 Label = Geffen Producer = John Keane Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5… …

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  • 94lay\ hands\ on — v. phr. 1. To get hold of; find; catch. The treasure hunters can keep any treasure they can lay hands on. If the police can lay hands on him, they will put him in jail. Compare: lay one s hand on(2) 2. To do violence to; harm; hurt. They were… …

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  • 95lay off — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abort, aestivate, belay, blueprint, boot, bounce, bound, break, breathe, bump, bust, call a strike, call it quits, can, cancel, cashier, cease, chart, circle in, circumscribe, close down, close shop, cut it… …

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  • 96lay by the heels — phrasal 1. : to seize and imprison : capture 2. : to cause the downfall of : bring down : overtake Romanticism … proceeded to hold the field till it was laid by the heels by naturalism Edmund Wilson * * * lay by the heels …

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  • 97lay hands on — Synonyms and related words: abduct, administer the Eucharist, ambush, annex, anoint, assail, assault, attack, bless, blitz, bushwhack, carry off, chrism, come at, come down on, confirm, crack down on, cross, descend on, descend upon, do duty,… …

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  • 98lay\ to — v 1. To give the blame or credit to; to name as cause. He was unpopular and when he made money, it was laid to his dishonesty, but when he lost money, it was laid to his stupidity. Compare: lay at one s door 2. To hold a ship or boat still… …

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  • 99lay hands on — wait till I lay my hands on you! Syn: catch, lay/get hold of, get one s hands on, seize, grab, grasp, capture …

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  • 100lay — Lathe Lathe (l[=a][th]), n. [OE. lathe a granary; akin to G. lade a chest, Icel. hla[eth]a a storehouse, barn; but cf. also Icel. l[ o][eth] a smith s lathe. Senses 2 and 3 are perh. of the same origin as lathe a granary, the original meaning… …

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