lay on

verb

1. to provide or supply

   to lay on entertainment

2. to install

   to lay on electricity

3. lay it on informal.
   1. to exaggerate, esp when flattering
   2. to charge an exorbitant price
   3. to punish or strike harshly

Example Sentences

"I was in bed watching TV, while my brother lay on the street dying and I wasn’t there to protect him," she said.

From BBC

Still wobbly, he fell onto a vending cart and lay on his back, looking up at the reincarnated sky as it faded to pink.

From Los Angeles Times

His lawyers on Wednesday petitioned the court to throw out a video from 2016, which shows Mr Combs kicking his former girlfriend Cassie Ventura as she lay on a hotel hallway floor.

From BBC

Behind the man, a woman lay on her left side, almost naked, on a crumpled white sheet.

From BBC

Hamas fighters killed by Israeli soldiers as they fought their way into the kibbutz still lay on the neat lawns, turning black as they decomposed in the strong Mediterranean sun.

From BBC

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