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laid for

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

Meaning of lay for

Verb

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

  1. (slang, transitive) To wait (for someone) in order to surprise or attack them.
    • The sheriff's department sent some officers to lay for him.

Questions about laid for

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

Words near laid for in the dictionary

  1. laid down one's weapons
  2. laid down the law
  3. laid down the marker
  4. laid eggs
  5. laid eyes on
  6. laid for
  7. laid hands on
  8. laid hold on
  9. laid hold upon
  10. laid in
  11. laid in ashes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: laid for (page history and authors); lay for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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