lay by

verb

Definition of lay bynext
1
as in to discard
to get rid of as useless or unwanted a politician who had laid by his principles years ago

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2
as in to store
to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place ever since the last hurricane caught them unprepared, they have laid by emergency supplies

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lay by
  1. discard
  2. store
  3. dump
  4. lay in
  5. ditch
  6. stash
  7. unload
  8. lay up
Verb
  • Ibarra was also seen discarding a bloodied jacket and disposable gloves near his apartment on Feb. 22 at 9:44 a.m., prosecutors said.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Ready to eat tomatoes contaminated with raw meat juices discarded.
    Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of discard
Verb
  • Instead, write it down on paper and store it in a locked box, safe, or other secure physical location.
    Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
  • In heavy rains, the city on the hill cannot store all the storm runoff and sewage that flows toward an oceanside treatment plant in a single old pipe, so some heads out to sea.
    Tom Philp, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of store
Verb
  • Regardless of the specific charges against her, Jean McConville was the victim of a war crime, disappeared by the IRA to spare them the public shame of dumping the corpse of a young widow and mother on the street.
    Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Just dump some ice in the base of the Christmas tree and your drinks will stay ice-cold the entire party.
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of dump
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  • Construction is estimated at almost $30 million and the foundation stone was laid in 2018.
    George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The carousel then continues with a sweet snap of Pelphrey and Cuoco laying in bed, followed by a picture of them sitting at a table together.
    Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 28 July 2024
Definition of lay in
Verb
  • Our hero also ditches the red dye in his hair, a small but helpful cosmetic change as the new baddie of the bunk beds has purple hair.
    Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 26 Nov. 2024
  • The prevailing belief is that Earhart, 39, and Noonan, 44, ran out of fuel and ditched their twin-engine Lockheed Electra in the Pacific near Howland Island while on one of the final legs of their epic journey.
    CBS News, CBS News, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of ditch
Verb
  • Store a phone or passport in the double welt pocket on either side, and stash keys in the zip closure on the right pocket.
    Jakob Schiller, Outside Online, 1 Nov. 2024
  • To keep Halloween candy out of the seeking mouths and paws of pets, Apolo recommends keeping Halloween candy stashed somewhere pets can't reach, like a high cabinet.
    Kelli Bender, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of stash
Verb
  • The deal offered EchoStar a way to unload a good chunk of its liabilities while also exiting a shrinking business.
    Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Or one person working at a small company can be wearing multiple hats — doing the books and pitching in to unload trucks — triggering some gaps about retirement benefits when the person with all that knowledge leaves the company.
    Susan Tompor, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of unload
Verb
  • Some players will lay up short of the fairway bunkers to leave themselves a comfortable full club into the green.
    Brody Miller, The Athletic, 10 Apr. 2024
  • And with female cane toads capable of laying up to 30,000 eggs at a time, their numbers multiplied at an almost unstoppable pace.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of lay up
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