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English word
lay
B1Frequent NGSL-2to put somebody/something in a particular position, especially when it is done gently or carefully
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I like to think that Princeton helped to lay the groundwork for this revolution.
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos delivers graduation speech at Princeton University
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I want to hack into these things that I know are important and lay the code out for everyone to see.
It's not like we were laying off people—but just through attrition, we're not hiring.
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