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lay eggs

lay eggs verb: to produce a string of failures or flops.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To produce a string of failures or flops.
    • Despite his dictum that “when you get a sex story in biblical garb, you can open your own mint,” this particular turkey was laying eggs all over America.1991, Peter Hay, Movie Anecdotes, page 111

lay eggs meaning in Urdu

lay eggs in Urdu

انڈے دینا

Forms of lay eggs

third-person singular presentlays eggs
present participlelaying eggs
past participlelaid eggs
pastlaid eggs

Origin of lay eggs

Variant of lay an egg, using the plural form.

Questions about lay eggs

What does lay eggs mean?
Lay eggs means to produce a string of failures or flops.
What is lay eggs in Urdu?
Lay eggs in Urdu is انڈے دینا. See Lay eggs meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is lay eggs?
Lay eggs is a verb.
What is the past tense of lay eggs?
The past tense of lay eggs is laid eggs.

Words near lay eggs in the dictionary

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

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