lay down

1. 1.

   institute, enact, or establish

   “make laws”

   Synonymsestablishmake

   Broadermake

   Narrowerset

Questions about lay down

What does lay down mean?

lay down means "institute, enact, or establish".

What is another word for lay down?

Close synonyms include establish, make. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.