lay down
• put something down.
• "she finished her cake and laid down her fork"
• formulate and enforce or insist on a rule or principle.
• "stringent criteria have been laid down"
Similar:
formulate,
stipulate,
set down,
draw up,
frame,
prescribe,
order,
command,
ordain,
dictate,
decree,
enjoin,
assert,
pronounce,
announce,
proclaim,
promulgate,
enact,
pass,
direct,
decide,
determine,
impose,
establish,
institute,
specify,
fix,
codify,
• pay or bet money.
• "when it comes to field sports, large sums of money are laid down"
• begin to construct a ship or railway.
• "twenty-four ships were projected, of which twenty were laid down"
• store wine in a cellar.
• "each bottle has to be laid down for several years before it is ready to drink"
• record a piece of music.
• "he was invited to the studio to lay down some backing vocals"
