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lay one down

lay one down verb: to bunt (sense 4).

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, slang) To bunt (sense 4)
    • Martin laid one down to get Buckley over to second.

Forms of lay one down

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

Questions about lay one down

What does lay one down mean?
Lay one down means to bunt (sense 4).
What part of speech is lay one down?
Lay one down is a verb.
What is the past tense of lay one down?
The past tense of lay one down is laid one down.

Words near lay one down in the dictionary

  1. lay off
  2. lay on
  3. lay on the line
  4. lay on the oars
  5. lay on with a trowel
  6. lay one down
  7. lay one's account
  8. lay one's cards on the table
  9. lay one's eyes on
  10. lay one's hands on
  11. lay one's head

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