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lays downverbpresent tense third-person singular 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 constitutes, enacts, legislates, makes, ordains, passes reenacts, repassesbrings about, effectsallows, authorizes, permits, sanctionsdecrees, dictates, proclaimsadministers, executesapproves, confirms, ratifies repeals, rescinds, revokes abolishes, abrogates, annuls, cancels, invalidates, kills, nullifiesoverturns, reverses, voids 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 affirms, asserts, avers, avouches, avows, declares, guarantees, professes advances, advertises, boosts, plugs, promotes, publicizesannounces, blazes, calls, proclaims, pronounces, saysaccents, accentuates, emphasizes, stresses, underlines, underscoresadvocates, champions, defends, espouses, supports, upholdsassures, convinces, persuadesexplains, justifies, rationalizesreaffirms, reasserts minimizes, understatesdisregards, ignores, neglects, overlooks to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactlythe supervisor laid down the procedure for a complaint of sexual harassment defines, prescribes, specifies decrees, dictates, ordainsassigns, directs, fixes, sets, settlesarranges, orderschooses, selectsadjures, bids, charges, commands, enjoins, instructs, tellsconducts, controls, governs, leads, managescoerces, compels, constrains, forcesobligates, obliges, requires to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duresscommanded the surrounded troops to lay down their weapons cedes, coughs up, delivers, gives up, hands over, relinquishes, renders, surrenders, turns in, turns over, yields commits, consigns, entrusts(also intrusts), transfersforfeits, releases, waivesabnegates, renounces, resignsabandons, deserts, discards, forsakes, parts (with), sheds keeps, retains, withholds |