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Meaning of lay for | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To wait (for someone) in order to surprise or attack them.

slang, transitive

Examples

“The sheriff's department sent some officers to lay for him.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

lay hands on lay hold of lay ill in one's mouth lay in lay in ambush lay in ashes