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laying claim

laying claim is the present participle of lay claim.

Meaning of lay claim

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, usually, with-to) To state that something belongs to oneself.
    • Spencer University lays claim to the recently published discovery.
    Synonyms:
    stake a claim

Questions about laying claim

What is laying claim the present participle of?
Laying claim is the present participle of lay claim.

Words near laying claim in the dictionary

  1. laying bare
  2. laying behind
  3. laying by
  4. laying by the heels
  5. laying chilly
  6. laying claim
  7. laying down
  8. laying down arms
  9. laying down on
  10. laying down one's arms
  11. laying down one's life

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