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lay down one's weapons

lay down one's weapons verb: synonym of lay down one's arms.

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of lay down one's arms.

Synonyms of lay down one's weapons

Forms of lay down one's weapons

third-person singular presentlays down one's weapons
present participlelaying down one's weapons
past participlelaid down one's weapons
pastlaid down one's weapons

Questions about lay down one's weapons

What does lay down one's weapons mean?
Lay down one's weapons means synonym of lay down one's arms.
What part of speech is lay down one's weapons?
Lay down one's weapons is a verb.
What is the past tense of lay down one's weapons?
The past tense of lay down one's weapons is laid down one's weapons.

Words near lay down one's weapons in the dictionary

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

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