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deep-laid
[ deep-leyd ]
adjective
- carefully, cunningly, or secretly made:
a deep-laid plot.
deep-laid
adjective
- (of a plot or plan) carefully worked out and kept secret
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Word History and Origins
Origin of deep-laid1
First recorded in 1760–70
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Example Sentences
In both cases, the result looks as if there had been a deep-laid and unscrupulous plan all along.
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But an obstacle arose to even the deep-laid plans of Macnooder himself.
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Barry was, however, too tipsy to pay much attention to this, or to understand any deep-laid plans.
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A horrible fear came over him that his deep-laid scheme was about to end in failure.
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She had detected many a deep-laid plot he had devised to secure for her that eminence and station he longed for.
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