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View synonyms for

lay to

verb

  1. to bring a vessel into a haven
  2. another term for heave to
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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This report has been long-awaited and the government is hoping it will lay to rest the argument over how best to carry power from the new offshore windfarms in the North Sea.

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Our country is locked in hundred-year battles with horrors that we cannot lay to rest, over slavery, over the genocide committed against Native Americans, over women and their bodies and their reproductive rights.

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It was the moment she lay to rest the Olympic ghosts of three years ago.

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Hull City Council told the BBC it would speak with those affected "to agree how we can lay to rest unidentified ashes".

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The finale should finally lay to rest speculation that Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, who have a lucrative production deal with Netflix, were able to wield influence over the Emmy-winning series.

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