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  • 41lay down one's arms — To surrender, submit • • • Main Entry: ↑arm …

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  • 42lay down arms — lay down (one s) arms cease fighting …

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  • 43Lay Down Your Arms (The Graces song) — Infobox Single Name = Lay Down Your Arms Caption = Artist = The Graces from Album = Perfect View A side = B side = Released = 1989 Format = CD single, cassette single, 7 Recorded = Genre = Pop rock Length = 4:14 Label = A M Records Writer =… …

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  • 44lay down the law — ORDER SOMEONE ABOUT/AROUND, tell someone what to do, ride roughshod over someone; informal boss someone about/around, throw one s weight about/around, push someone about/around. → lay * * * lay down the law To speak authoritatively or… …

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  • 45Lay Down Sally — Infobox Single Name = Lay Down Sally Cover size = Caption = Artist = Eric Clapton from Album = Slowhand A side = Lay Down Sally B side = Cocaine Released = November 1977 Format = Recorded = Olympic Studios in London Genre = Blues Length = 5:34… …

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  • 46lay down your life —    to be killed in wartime    There are overtones of voluntary sacrifice:     David Haden Guest... also laid down his life. (Boyle, 1979)    A civilian may lay down his burden or his knife and fork. A Scotsman might also have been said to lay… …

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  • 47Lay Down and Love It Live — Infobox Album Name = Lay Down and Love It Live Type = Live Artist = Sonia Dada Released = 1999 Recorded = Genre = Rock music Soul Length = Label = Calliope Records Producer = Last album = My Secret Life (1998) This album = Lay Down and Love It… …

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  • 48Lay Down the Law (Keel album) — Infobox Album | Name = Lay Down the Law Type = studio Artist = Keel Genre = Glam metal Released = 1984 Label = Shrapnel Last album This album = Lay Down the Law (1984) Next album = The Right to Rock (March 26, 1985)This was the debut album by the …

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  • 49lay down the law —    If someone lays down the law, they tell people what to do and are authoritarian.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    Someone who lays down the law tells people very forcefully and firmly what to do.     The volunteers helped in a… …

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  • 50lay\ down\ the\ law — Take control of a situation, occasionally through use of physical force. Back in high school, whenver a fight broke out, the principal would show up and lay down the law …

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