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off the lay

off the lay prepositional phrase: having stopped laying eggs for some reason.

Prepositional phrase

  1. having stopped laying eggs for some reason.

Questions about off the lay

What does off the lay mean?
Off the lay means having stopped laying eggs for some reason.
What part of speech is off the lay?
Off the lay is a prepositional phrase.

Words near off the lay in the dictionary

  1. off the hizzle
  2. off the hizzy
  3. off the hook
  4. off the hooks
  5. off the horn
  6. off the lay
  7. off the mark
  8. off the market
  9. off the nut
  10. off the plan
  11. off the radar

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