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laid claim

laid claim is the simple past and past participle of lay claim.

Meaning of lay claim

Verb

lay claim (third-person singular simple present lays claim, present participle laying claim, simple past and past participle laid claim)

  1. (idiomatic, usually, with-to) To state that something belongs to oneself.
    • Spencer University lays claim to the recently published discovery.
    Synonyms:
    stake a claim

Questions about laid claim

What is laid claim the simple past and past participle of?
Laid claim is the simple past and past participle of lay claim.

Words near laid claim in the dictionary

  1. laid bare
  2. laid behind
  3. laid by
  4. laid by the heels
  5. laid chilly
  6. laid claim
  7. laid down
  8. laid down arms
  9. laid down on
  10. laid down one's arms
  11. laid down one's life

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