■ lay down

■ lay down
■ lay down
A v. t. + avv.
1 mettere giù; posare; deporre; adagiare: to lay down one's arms, deporre le armi; to lay down one's tools, posare gli attrezzi; (dei lavoratori) incrociare le braccia (per protesta); to lay down a baby, adagiare un bambino
2 porre (fondamenta, condizioni, limiti, ecc.)
3 fissare; indicare; stabilire (norme, regole, ecc.)
4 (edil.) porre le fondamenta di; posare (un pavimento); cominciare a costruire: to lay down a railway, iniziare la costruzione di una ferrovia
5 (naut.) impostare, mettere in cantiere (una nave)
6 mettere (vino, ecc.) in cantina; fare una provvista di; mettere
7 mettere fuori (fam.), pagare, rischiare (denaro)
8 (fam.) scommettere (denaro)
9 (boxe) mettere a terra, stendere (un avversario)
B v. i. + avv.
coricarsi; sdraiarsi; stendersi □ to lay down the law ► law (1) □ to lay down one's life for sb., dare (o sacrificare) la vita per q. □ to lay down a plan for one's holidays, fare un progetto per le vacanze □ to lay down one's powers, perdere il proprio potere □ to lay oneself down, coricarsi; sdraiarsi; stendersi.

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