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lays one's account

lays one's account is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lay one's account.

Meaning of lay one's account

Verb

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

  1. (UK, regional) To reckon with (also on or for) some future act or event; to expect, to plan (for).
    • But as the place of my abode was now discovered, I laid my account with having a visit from his employer: I therefore planted spies upon the road […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC

Questions about lays one's account

What is lays one's account the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lays one's account is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lay one's account.

Words near lays one's account in the dictionary

  1. lays off
  2. lays on
  3. lays on the line
  4. lays on with a trowel
  5. lays one down
  6. lays one's account
  7. lays one's eyes on
  8. lays one's hands on
  9. lays open
  10. lays out
  11. lays over

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