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lay downverb 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 constitute, enact, legislate, make, ordain, pass reenact, repassbring about, effectallow, authorize, permit, sanctiondecree, dictate, proclaimadminister, executeapprove, confirm, ratify repeal, rescind, revoke abolish, abrogate, annul, cancel, invalidate, kill, nullifyoverturn, reverse, void 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 affirm, assert, aver, avouch, avow, declare, guarantee, profess advance, advertise, boost, plug, promote, publicizeannounce, blaze, call, proclaim, pronounce, sayaccent, accentuate, emphasize, stress, underline, underscoreadvocate, champion, defend, espouse, support, upholdassure, convince, persuadeexplain, justify, rationalizereaffirm, reassert minimize, understatedisregard, ignore, neglect, overlook to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactlythe supervisor laid down the procedure for a complaint of sexual harassment define, prescribe, specify decree, dictate, ordainassign, direct, fix, set, settlearrange, orderchoose, selectadjure, bid, charge, command, enjoin, instruct, tellconduct, control, govern, lead, managecoerce, compel, constrain, forceobligate, oblige, require to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duresscommanded the surrounded troops to lay down their weapons cede, cough up, deliver, give up, hand over, relinquish, render, surrender, turn in, turn over, yield commit, consign, entrust(also intrust), transferforfeit, release, waiveabnegate, renounce, resignabandon, desert, discard, forsake, part (with), shed keep, retain, withhold in the 13th century |