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lay away

verb

save up as for future use

• Syn: ↑hoard, ↑stash, ↑cache, ↑hive up, ↑squirrel away

• Derivationally related forms: ↑cache (for: ↑cache), ↑stash (for: ↑stash), ↑hoard (for: ↑hoard), ↑hoarder (for: ↑hoard)

• Hypernyms: ↑save, ↑lay aside, ↑save up

• Verb Frames:

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Somebody ——s something

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transitive verb

Etymology: Middle English leyen away, from leyen to lay + away

1. : to lay aside

2. : to store for preservation or future use

3. : to spread (hides) flat in tanning liquor

4. : bury, inter

5.

a. : to put (specified cards) in the crib in cribbage

b. : to bury (specified cards or cards worth a specified number of points) in pinochle

lay two kings away

laid away 18 points

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lay aside or lay away

1. To discard

2. To put on one side for future use (see also ↑layaway above)

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Main Entry: ↑lay

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lay away

1. To lay eggs in out-of-the-way places (Scot, etc)

2. To purchase goods by layaway (qv above)

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Main Entry: ↑lay

Useful english dictionary. 2012.