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laid downverbpast tense of lay down to put into effect through legislative or authoritative actionthe city council promises to lay down new ordinances that will force dog walkers to clean up after their animals constituted, enacted, legislated, made, ordained, passed reenacted, repassedbrought about, effectedallowed, authorized, permitted, sanctioneddecreed, dictated, proclaimedadministered, executedapproved, confirmed, ratified repealed, rescinded, revoked abolished, abrogated, annulled, canceled(or cancelled), invalidated, killed, nullifiedoverturned, reversed, voided to state clearly and stronglyat the risk of their popularity, the parents laid down the rules for the party and wouldn't accept any arguments affirmed, asserted, averred, avouched, avowed, declared, guaranteed, professed advanced, advertised, boosted, plugged, promoted, publicizedannounced, blazed, called, proclaimed, pronounced, saidaccented, accentuated, emphasized, stressed, underlined, underscoredadvocated, championed, defended, espoused, supported, upheldassured, convinced, persuadedexplained, justified, rationalizedreaffirmed, reasserted minimized, understateddisregarded, ignored, neglected, overlooked to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactlythe supervisor laid down the procedure for a complaint of sexual harassment defined, prescribed, specified decreed, dictated, ordainedassigned, directed, fixed, set, settledarranged, orderedchose, selectedadjured, bade(or bid), charged, commanded, enjoined, instructed, toldconducted, controlled, governed, led, managedcoerced, compelled, constrained, forcedobligated, obliged, required to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duresscommanded the surrounded troops to lay down their weapons ceded, coughed up, delivered, gave up, handed over, relinquished, rendered, surrendered, turned in, turned over, yielded committed, consigned, entrusted(also intrusted), transferredforfeited, released, waivedabnegated, renounced, resignedabandoned, deserted, discarded, forsook, parted (with), shed kept, retained, withheld |