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lay over
verb
(tr) to postpone for future action
(intr) to make a temporary stop in a journey
noun
a break in a journey, esp in waiting for a connection
Idioms and Phrases
Postpone, as in This issue will have to be laid over until our next meeting . [Late 1800s]
Make a stop in the course of a journey, as in They had to lay over for two days in New Delhi until the next flight to Katmandu . This sense gave rise to the noun lay-over for such a stopover. [Late 1800s]
Example Sentences
“We didn’t come out here to lay over, we came out here to win and play to the last snap.”
And he’s laying over there asleep on me.’”
He said two of the victims were found in a bedroom laying over two children in an apparent attempt to shield them.
He said two of the victims, all believed to be from Honduras, were found laying over two children inside.
Even worse was the mural’s bottom half, where graffiti lay over older graffiti and an entire section was painted over with gray paint, which bore even more graffiti.
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