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laid down one's life

laid down one's life is the simple past and past participle of lay down one's life.

Meaning of lay down one's life

Verb

lay down one's life (third-person singular simple present lays down one's life, present participle laying down one's life, simple past and past participle laid down one's life)

  1. (literary) To give one's life, to die.
    • Gold was there, and get at it they would, and at any cost. Many of our fellow-passengers suffered a rude awakening, and more than one man laid down his life in the quest for gold that had taken so fierce a hold upon him.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 142

Questions about laid down one's life

What is laid down one's life the simple past and past participle of?
Laid down one's life is the simple past and past participle of lay down one's life.

Words near laid down one's life in the dictionary

  1. laid claim
  2. laid down
  3. laid down arms
  4. laid down on
  5. laid down one's arms
  6. laid down one's life
  7. laid down one's weapons
  8. laid down the law
  9. laid down the marker
  10. laid eggs
  11. laid eyes on

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