lay up
• put someone out of action through illness or injury.
• "he was laid up with the flu"
Similar:
bedridden,
ill in bed,
confined to bed,
on the sick list,
out of action/commission,
housebound,
immobilized,
incapacitated,
injured,
disabled,
ill,
sick,
unwell,
sickly,
poorly,
infirm,
ailing,
off colour,
afflicted,
indisposed,
• put a ship or boat in dock or out of commission.
• "our boats were laid up during the winter months"
• build up a stock of something in case of need.
• "I laid up a good store of bread and cheese"
• assemble layers in the arrangement required for the manufacture of plywood or other laminated material.
• "successive plies are laid up until the desired thickness is achieved"
• hit the ball deliberately to a lesser distance than possible, typically in order to avoid a hazard.
• "the conservative thing to do was lay up and settle for a five"
lay-up
noun
• the state whereby a ship is laid up.
• "the ship ended its days in lay-up"
• a one-handed shot made from near the basket, especially one that rebounds off the backboard.
