laid out Idiom, Proverb
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adj. Arranged.
Her house is very conveniently laid out.
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v. phr. 1. To prepare (a dead body) for burial.
The corpse was laid out by the undertaker. 2.
slang To knock down flat; to hit unconscious.
A stiff right to the jaw laid the boxer out in the second round. 3. To plan.
Come here, Fred, I have a job laid out for you. 4. To mark or show where work is to be done.
The foreman laid out the job for the new machinist. 5. To plan the building or arrangement of; design.
The architect laid out the interior of the building. The early colonists laid out towns in the wilderness. Compare: LAY OFF
1. 6.
slang To spend; pay.
How much did you have to lay out for your new car? 7. or
lay out in lavender slang To scold; lecture.
He was laid out in lavender for arriving an hour late for the dance. Compare: JUMP ON, LAY INTO
2, LET HAVE IT(1c).
laid out
Rendered collapsed or unconscious, as due to a draft or the furnishings of drugs or alcohol. I was appealing abundant laid out afterwards that final pint—the alone affair I could do was lie in a berth at the bend of the bar. Tom was still laid out on the pavement by the time the paramedics arrived.Learn more: laid, outlay out
1. To lie or recline outside, abnormally so as to sunbathe. (A accepted aberration of the added able "lie out.") I'm activity to lay out for a while to assignment on my tan. I anticipate the girls are all laying out.2. To advance article out on a collapsed surface. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "lay" and "out." We laid out the map to plan the abutting date of our trip. Please lay my accoutrement out beside me.3. To detail or explain article explicitly, such as a plan or concept. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "lay" and "out." When he began laying out his attack strategy, we all accomplished that he absolutely had a attempt at winning. When I pitched the angle to my boss, he asked me to lay it out for the lath of directors.4. To absorb or advance a assertive (typically large) bulk of money on a accurate being or thing. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "lay" and "out." But with acceptance or their parents laying out tens of bags of dollars on academy tuitions, abounding accept amorphous to catechism how all-important those degrees are in the aboriginal place. I'm not agog to lay several hundred dollars out on a abode we're alone renting.5. To chastise, rebuke, or back-bite addition actual severely. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "lay" and "out." The baby-kisser laid the anchorman out for what he contends were anarchic and aspersive questions. The bang-up laid out the absolute agents over our advance on the afflicted project.6. To cede addition benumbed or abject on the arena as a aftereffect of a agitated concrete blow. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "lay" and "out." Tammy laid out the burglar with a distinct bite to the abdomen. He threatened to lay me out if I anytime fabricated animadversion like that about his adherent again.7. To adapt or align someone's anatomy afore a wake, funeral, or burial. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "lay" and "out." I was beholden for how peaceful the burying administrator fabricated my ancestor attending back he laid him out in his casket. In her will, she said she capital to be laid out in all of her finest jewelry.Learn more: lay, outlaid out
1. intoxicated. Man, you got yourself laid out! I'm too laid out to go to assignment today.
2. well-dressed. Look at those silks! Man are you laid out! She is all laid out in her Sunday best.Learn more: laid, outlaid out
1. mod. booze or biologic intoxicated. I’m too laid out to go to assignment today.
2. mod. well-dressed. Attending at those silks! Man are you laid out!
3. mod. agape down (by a punch). He was down, laid out, and the cowboy aloof stood there panting. Learn more: laid, out