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laid siege

laid siege is the simple past of lay siege.

Meaning of lay siege

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) Chiefly followed by against or to: to engage in a siege; to besiege.
    • And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 4:2
  2. (figuratively, intransitive) To attack continually over a long period.
    • They’re laying siege to all we hold dear.

Questions about laid siege

What is laid siege the simple past of?
Laid siege is the simple past of lay siege.

Words near laid siege in the dictionary

  1. laid pipe
  2. laid rope
  3. laid ropes
  4. laid rubber
  5. laid salt on someone's tail
  6. laid siege
  7. laid some skin on
  8. laid something at the door of
  9. laid something at the feet of
  10. laid store by
  11. laid the dust

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