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.

Is lay down a common word?

lay down is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Lay down — meaning, 2 synonyms and examples

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
institute, enact, or establish
“make laws”
Synonymsestablish make
Broadermake
Narrowerset

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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.

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