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Meaning of lay down one's life | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To give one's life, to die.

literary

Examples

“Gold was there, and get at it they would, and at any cost. Many of our fellow-passengers suffered a rude awakening, and more than one man laid down his life in the quest for gold that had taken so fierce a hold upon him.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

lay down one's weapons lay down the law lay down the marker lay eggs lay eyes on lay for