lay away

verb

Definitions

  1. To reserve (something) for the future.

  2. To reserve (an item for sale in a store) for future purchase.

    • Let's lay away that coat and we can pick it up next month.
  3. To bury (someone).

    • Legend has it that they laid him away in an unmarked grave.

The neighborhood

Derived

layaway

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lay away. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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