lay low
[verb]
Synonyms: fell, bowl (down or over), flatten, floor, ground, knock down, knock over, level, mow (down), throw down, kill, cut off, destroy, dispatch, down, finish, put away, scrag, slay, take off

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lay sb low
to cause someone to be unable to do what they usually do:
A kidney infection laid her low for a couple of months.

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lay low
lay (someone) low
if an illness lays someone low, they are unable to do what they usually do for a period of time.
He was at home at the time, laid low with the flu.
(usually passive)

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lay low
to hide, to keep out of sight for a period of time
He decided to lay low until his friend forgot that he had damaged his car.

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lay low
v.
1. To knock down; to force into a lying position; to put out of action.
Many trees were laid low by the storm.
Jane was laid low by the flu.
2. To kill.
The hunters laid low seven pheasants.
3. See: LIE LOW.

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