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English verb: lay up

1. lay up (change) disable or confine, as with an illness


SamplesShe was laid up with pneumonia for six weeks.


Pattern of useSomething ----s somebody.
Something ----s something


Broader (hypernym)disable, disenable, incapacitate









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