laying out

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To expend or contribute money to an expense or purchase.
   • She laid out hundreds of dollars to throw a great party.
2. (transitive) To arrange (physically) in a certain way, so as to spread or space apart; to display (e.g. merchandise or a collection).
   • She laid the blocks out in a circle on the floor.

   Antonyms:

   pick up, pack up

3. (transitive) To explain; to interpret.
   • Let me lay it out for you: you're not going to get a better opportunity than this one.
4. (transitive) To arrange; to design; to concoct; to think up.
   • He began to lay out the hull for an inexpensive but fast littoral drone.
5. To prepare a body for burial.
   • They laid him out beautifully on a bier draped in satin.
6. (US, colloquial, transitive) To render (someone) unconscious; to knock out; to cause to fall to the floor; to kill.
   • I laid him out on the sidewalk after he tried to grab me.

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