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
And with female cane toads capable of laying up to 30,000 eggs at a time, their numbers multiplied at an almost unstoppable pace.
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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
The organization’s improved breed of dual-purpose chickens, which are bred at local production sites, outperform indigenous breeds by growing faster, laying up to three times more eggs, and showing greater resistance to disease.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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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
The organization’s improved breed of dual-purpose chickens, which are bred at local production sites, outperform indigenous breeds by growing faster, laying up to three times more eggs, and showing greater resistance to disease.
—Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lay up
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The downed copter will continue on as a weather station, recording telemetry, taking images and storing them on board.Josh Dinner, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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Crews performed tasks like storing tools, deploying science payloads and handling cargo.Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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This lays in stark contrast to the doctors who have become the proverbial elves of healthcare, toiling under the sprawling dominion of administrative entities.Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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The banter while Acheson and Ferrell laid in mail carts was improvised — and almost got cut.Marina Watts, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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Roughly a quarter of their income is automatically stashed in investment accounts.Mike Winters,Tasia Jensen, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2024
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There are many cubbies in the front and rear for stashing bottles and other stray stuff, and space up front is generous for passengers over six feet.Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Lay up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lay%20up. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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