lay down your arms — to put down your weapons and stop fighting The soldiers refused to lay down their arms. • • • Main Entry: ↑arm * * * lay down your ˈarms idiom (formal) to stop fighting • … Useful english dictionary
lay down (your) arms — phrase to agree to stop fighting The President appealed to the rebels to lay down arms. Thesaurus: international peacehyponym Main entry: arms … Useful english dictionary
lay down your arms — stop fighting, bury the hatchet It s time to lay down your arms. Stop fighting with your sister … English idioms
Lay Down Your Arms (The Graces song) — Infobox Single Name = Lay Down Your Arms Caption = Artist = The Graces from Album = Perfect View A side = B side = Released = 1989 Format = CD single, cassette single, 7 Recorded = Genre = Pop rock Length = 4:14 Label = A M Records Writer =… … Wikipedia
lay down — verb Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to give up ; surrender < lay down your arms > 2. a. establish, prescribe < lay down a scale for a map > b. to assert or command dogmatically … New Collegiate Dictionary
lay down — verb a) To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground. The police urged the gunman to lay down his weapon. b) To specify, institute … Wiktionary
arms — [ armz ] noun plural ** weapons, for example guns or bombs: countries that sell arms to terrorists The British police do not usually carry arms. the international arms trade lay down (your) arms to agree to stop fighting: The President appealed… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
arms */*/ — UK [ɑː(r)mz] / US [ɑrmz] noun [plural] weapons, for example guns or bombs countries that sell arms to terrorists The British police do not usually carry arms. the international arms trade • lay down (your) arms to agree to stop fighting The… … English dictionary
Put Your Arms Around Me — Infobox Single | Name = Put Your Arms Around Me Artist = Natural from Album = Keep It Natural Released = *USA: Summer 2001; *Germany: March 11, 2002 Format = CD single Writer = Steve Kipner Producer = Recorded = Genre = Pop Length = Label = Sony… … Wikipedia
lay — lay1 W2S1 [leı] v the past tense of ↑lie 1 lay 2 lay2 v past tense and past participle laid [leıd] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(put somebody/something down)¦ 2 lay bricks/carpet/concrete/cables etc 3¦(bird/insect etc)¦ 4¦(table)¦ 5 lay the foundations/ … Dictionary of contemporary English