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lay in

verb

tr, adverb to accumulate and store
we must lay in food for the party

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Also, lay up . Stock or store for future use, as in We laid in supplies for the winter , or Are you sure you've laid up enough material? The first term dates from the late 1500s, the second from about 1400. Also see lay aside , def. 2; lay down , def. 4.

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The risk lay in overloading the system by turning everything on at the same time and triggering another massive outage.

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On Wednesday, Himanshi bid a tearful farewell to her husband as he lay in a coffin draped with the Indian flag.

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Additional body-worn camera video reviewed by The Times depicts emergency personnel cutting Valdez’s clothing away as he lay in the driveway and performing chest compressions in an attempt to revive him before declaring him dead.

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In the years following India's independence, he sought inspiration not in Paris or New York, but in India's villages, mirroring Mahatma Gandhi's belief that the heart of the nation lay in its rural roots.

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She shook his leg as he lay in bed and shouted his name, but there was no response.

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