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lay out
spend, pay I had to lay out a lot of money to get my car fixed so now I don't have any money to go out.
play out
become tired or exhausted, become winded "After two sets of tennis, Ling said, ""I'm played out!"""
Play out of your skin
If someone plays out of their skin, they give an outstanding performance.
laid out|laid|lay out
adj. Arranged.
Her house is very conveniently laid out.
laid up|laid|lay out
adj. Sick; confined to bed.
I was laid up for a couple of weeks with an ear infection.
lay oneself out|lay|lay out
v. phr.,
informal To make an extra hard effort; try very hard.
Larry wanted to win a medal for his school, so he really laid himself out in the race.
lay out|laid|laid out|lavender|lay|lay out in lave
v. phr. 1. To prepare (a dead body) for burial.
The corpse was laid out by the undertaker. 2.
slang To knock down flat; to hit unconscious.
A stiff right to the jaw laid the boxer out in the second round. 3. To plan.
Come here, Fred, I have a job laid out for you. 4. To mark or show where work is to be done.
The foreman laid out the job for the new machinist. 5. To plan the building or arrangement of; design.
The architect laid out the interior of the building. The early colonists laid out towns in the wilderness. Compare: LAY OFF
1. 6.
slang To spend; pay.
How much did you have to lay out for your new car? 7. or
lay out in lavender slang To scold; lecture.
He was laid out in lavender for arriving an hour late for the dance. Compare: JUMP ON, LAY INTO
2, LET HAVE IT(1c).
played out|play out|played
adj. phr. Tired out; worn out; finished; exhausted.
It had been a hard day, and by night he was played out. For a while, at least, it seemed the interest in great speed was played out. Compare: ALL IN.
laid out
Rendered collapsed or unconscious, as due to a draft or the furnishings of drugs or alcohol. I was appealing abundant laid out afterwards that final pint—the alone affair I could do was lie in a berth at the bend of the bar. Tom was still laid out on the pavement by the time the paramedics arrived.Learn more: laid, outlay (oneself) out
To put in a abundant accord of effort; to aggravation oneself or go through a lot of trouble. I don't apperceive why I consistently lay myself out to affect your parents—they never acknowledge what I do anyway. Your brother and sister absolutely laid themselves out to accomplish your affair special, so it would be nice if you showed a little appreciation.Learn more: lay, outlay out
1. To lie or recline outside, abnormally so as to sunbathe. (A accepted aberration of the added able "lie out.") I'm activity to lay out for a while to assignment on my tan. I anticipate the girls are all laying out.2. To advance article out on a collapsed surface. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "lay" and "out." We laid out the map to plan the abutting date of our trip. Please lay my accoutrement out beside me.3. To detail or explain article explicitly, such as a plan or concept. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "lay" and "out." When he began laying out his attack strategy, we all accomplished that he absolutely had a attempt at winning. When I pitched the angle to my boss, he asked me to lay it out for the lath of directors.4. To absorb or advance a assertive (typically large) bulk of money on a accurate being or thing. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "lay" and "out." But with acceptance or their parents laying out tens of bags of dollars on academy tuitions, abounding accept amorphous to catechism how all-important those degrees are in the aboriginal place. I'm not agog to lay several hundred dollars out on a abode we're alone renting.5. To chastise, rebuke, or back-bite addition actual severely. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "lay" and "out." The baby-kisser laid the anchorman out for what he contends were anarchic and aspersive questions. The bang-up laid out the absolute agents over our advance on the afflicted project.6. To cede addition benumbed or abject on the arena as a aftereffect of a agitated concrete blow. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "lay" and "out." Tammy laid out the burglar with a distinct bite to the abdomen. He threatened to lay me out if I anytime fabricated animadversion like that about his adherent again.7. To adapt or align someone's anatomy afore a wake, funeral, or burial. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "lay" and "out." I was beholden for how peaceful the burying administrator fabricated my ancestor attending back he laid him out in his casket. In her will, she said she capital to be laid out in all of her finest jewelry.Learn more: lay, outlie out
1. To draft or recline outside, abnormally so as to sunbathe. I'm activity to lie out for a while to assignment on my tan. I anticipate the girls are all lying out by the pool.2. To be larboard apparent in or aloft article or some place. You can't leave your accoutrement lying out on the kitchen table like that, Bob—one of the kids could accept gotten into them! I wouldn't let acute advice like that aloof lay out in the accessible for anyone to see, Dan.Learn more: lie, outlaid out
1. intoxicated. Man, you got yourself laid out! I'm too laid out to go to assignment today.
2. well-dressed. Look at those silks! Man are you laid out! She is all laid out in her Sunday best.Learn more: laid, outlay someone out
1. Sl. to beating addition down with a punch; to beating addition unconscious. Tom laid out Bill with one bite to the chin. The policeman laid the bandit out.
2. to adapt a anatomy for burying or for a wake. They laid out their uncle for the wake. The women of the association acclimated to lay their asleep out.
3. Sl. to abuse addition severely. Don't lay me out! I didn't do it! She absolutely laid out the guy but good. What did he do, rob a bank?Learn more: lay, outlay something out
1. Lit. to advance article out. The assistant laid the instruments out for the operation. The aide laid out the accouterment for his employer.
2. Fig. to explain a plan of activity or a arrangement of events. Let me lay it out for you. Lay out the plan actual carefully, and don't skip anything.
3. Fig. to absorb some bulk of money. I can't lay that affectionate of money out every day! She laid out about $24,000 for that car.Learn more: lay, outlay out
1. Make a abundant plan, design, or explanation, as in They laid out the exact ambit in adjustment to assemble the new display, or Robert laid out abutting year's affairs for his staff. [Mid-1700s]
2. Prepare a asleep anatomy for burial, as in He died that morning and was laid out for the deathwatch by afternoon. [Late 1500s]
3. Rebuke harshly, as in She laid me out for breaking the vase. [Slang; backward 1800s]
4. Knock benumbed or to the ground, cede helpless, as in He laid him out with one acceptable punch. [Late 1800s]
5. Expend, spend, as in She laid out a affluence on jewelry. [Mid-1400s]
6. Display or arrange, abnormally in a accurate order, as in He asked her to lay out the commodity in an adorable way. [Mid-1400s] Learn more: lay, outlay out
v.
1. To accomplish article explicit, abnormally an abstraction or plan: Let me lay out my account for our abutting move. The artist laid the affairs out for the new building.
2. To accouter and adapt addition who is asleep for burial: The burying home laid the anatomy out for visitation. The mortician laid out the anatomy for the ancestors to view.
3. To admonishment addition harshly: She laid me out for breaking the vase. The drillmaster laid out the aggregation for its mistakes.
4. To beating addition to the ground, abnormally to beating addition unconscious: She laid him out with an abrupt bite in the gut. The badge administrator laid out the antagonist with a abrupt kick.
5. To expend something; absorb something: The affluent brace laid out a affluence on adornment for the wedding. We can't lay that abundant money out after added information.
6. To put article on display: It's time to lay out the commodity for the new season. Every day the jeweler lays the watches out in the affectation case.
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1. mod. booze or biologic intoxicated. I’m too laid out to go to assignment today.
2. mod. well-dressed. Attending at those silks! Man are you laid out!
3. mod. agape down (by a punch). He was down, laid out, and the cowboy aloof stood there panting. Learn more: laid, outlay addition out
1. tv. to abuse addition severely. (Learn added laid out.) She absolutely laid out the guy but good. What did he do, rob a bank?
2. tv. to beating addition down with a punch. The boxer laid out his adversary with a draft to the head.
3. tv. to adapt addition for burial. (Learn added laid out. Not slang.) The administrator did not lay Aunt Fanny out to my satisfaction. Learn more: lay, out, someonelay article out
1. tv. to absorb some bulk of money. I can’t lay that affectionate of money out every day!
2. tv. to explain a plan of activity or a arrangement of events. Let me lay it out for you. Learn more: lay, out, something