lay for

Idioms and Phrases

Be waiting to attack; also, lie in wait for, as in The gang members were laying for him in that dark alley , or The reporters were laying for the Vice President when he came out of the meeting . [Late 1400s]

Example Sentences

Bob Dylan says he wrote “Lay Lady Lay” for you.

From Los Angeles Times

He and others lay for more than an hour in the bushes.

From Seattle Times

“We’ve had a lot of work with the group that’s going to lay for the last handful of months,” McVay said, adding, “I’m really looking forward to just being able to just go shoot our shot and see what happens.”

From Los Angeles Times

So the film set pub lay for a year-and-a-half in a yard on Achill Island - and when Luke offered to buy it from his brother-in-law, he was told he could have it for nothing.

From BBC

His body lay for six decades in a huge complex known as the Valley of the Fallen, which was built with forced prison labor to commemorate the fascist victory in the civil war.

From Washington Times

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