lay out
[verb]
Synonyms:
- arrange, design, display, exhibit, plan, spread out
- spend, disburse, expend, fork out (slang), invest, pay, shell out (informal)
- knock out, knock for six (informal), knock unconscious, KO or K.O. (slang)

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lay somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb (see also lay)

1. SPREAD to spread something out:
Lay out the map on the table and let’s have a look.

2. ARRANGE to arrange or plan a building, town, garden etc Synonym : set out:
The garden is laid out in a formal pattern.

3. EXPLAIN to describe or explain something clearly Synonym : set out:
The financial considerations are laid out in a booklet called ‘How to Borrow Money’.

4. SPEND informal to spend money, especially a lot of money ⇒ outlay
lay out something on something
What’s the point in laying out money on something you’ll only wear once?

5. HIT informal to hit someone so hard that they fall down and become unconscious:
One of the guards had been laid out and the other was missing.

6. BODY to prepare a dead body so that it can be buried

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

lay out
lay out (something)
1.
to arrange something.
First the pictures are approved by the editor, then the designer lays them out on pages.

2.
to plan or explain something very carefully and in great detail.
Plans for the ceremony were laid out so well that everyone knew what they were to do.

Let's review the points one more time before we lay them out for the press.

3.
to spend money.
I can't believe he laid out $100 for flowers and $150 for two bottles of wine!

Usage notes: often the amount of money seems like too much

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

lay out something
lay out (something)
1.
to arrange something.
First the pictures are approved by the editor, then the designer lays them out on pages.

2.
to plan or explain something very carefully and in great detail.
Plans for the ceremony were laid out so well that everyone knew what they were to do.

Let's review the points one more time before we lay them out for the press.

3.
to spend money.
I can't believe he laid out $100 for flowers and $150 for two bottles of wine!

Usage notes: often the amount of money seems like too much

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

lay out
1. • lay out (money)
spend or pay some money
My friend will have to lay out a lot of money for his new apartment.

I had to lay out a lot of money to get my car fixed so now I do not have much money.

2. • lay out (something)
plan something
We will lay out our plan for the new building at the next meeting.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

lay out something
• lay out (something)
plan something
We will lay out our plan for the new building at the next meeting.

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lay out
v. phr.
1. To prepare (a dead body) for burial.
The corpse was laid out by the undertaker.
2. slang To knock down flat; to hit unconscious.
A stiff right to the jaw laid the boxer out in the second round.
3. To plan.
Come here, Fred, I have a job laid out for you.
4. To mark or show where work is to be done.
The foreman laid out the job for the new machinist.
5. To plan the building or arrangement of; design.
The architect laid out the interior of the building.
The early colonists laid out towns in the wilderness.
Compare: LAY OFF¹.
6. slang To spend; pay.
How much did you have to lay out for your new car?
7. or lay out in lavender slang To scold; lecture.
He was laid out in lavender for arriving an hour late for the dance.
Compare: JUMP ON, LAY INTO², LET HAVE IT(1c).

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