as in to store
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place
an eating disorder that would impel her to lay up candy bars in her closet for all-night food binges
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Recent Examples of lay up
Some players will lay up short of the fairway bunkers to leave themselves a comfortable full club into the green.
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Brody Miller, The Athletic, 10 Apr. 2024
And with female cane toads capable of laying up to 30,000 eggs at a time, their numbers multiplied at an almost unstoppable pace.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Additionally, the tubes were improperly laid up during the two-year shutdown period, causing 700 tubes in one steam generator and 248 in the other to now require significant repair.
—Therese Boudreaux | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Oct. 2024
The reproductive system of this species is robust, enabling females to lay up to 100,000 eggs per clutch.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
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Brody Miller, The Athletic, 10 Apr. 2024
And with female cane toads capable of laying up to 30,000 eggs at a time, their numbers multiplied at an almost unstoppable pace.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Additionally, the tubes were improperly laid up during the two-year shutdown period, causing 700 tubes in one steam generator and 248 in the other to now require significant repair.
—Therese Boudreaux | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Oct. 2024
The reproductive system of this species is robust, enabling females to lay up to 100,000 eggs per clutch.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lay up
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But instead of leaving, the quartet used a coat hanger to unlock the basement’s door and went downstairs, where food and some alcohol were stored.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
24 Jan. 2025
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What does weight really tell us about our health? 01:41 CNN — For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks.—
Faye Chiu,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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News of infidelity surfaced, and suddenly, what once seemed unbreakable lay in ruins.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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The 6-foot-5 forward scored all but five of Dougherty Valley’s 14 third-quarter points and ended the quarter with an-and-1 lay in that gave the San Ramon school a 42-28 advantage going into the final period.—
Nathan Canilao,
The Mercury News,
18 Jan. 2025
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After escaping a calamitous train crash in the ending of the movie, Ethan realizes The Entity is stashed aboard an old Russian submarine, but a foe from Ethan’s past named Gabriel (Esai Morales) is also on the trail.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2025
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Some of those samples have been stashed away in cylindrical tubes on the planet's surface, while others are safely tucked away within the rover.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Lay up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lay%20up. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.
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