lay down (your) arms
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lay down your arms — to put down your weapons and stop fighting The soldiers refused to lay down their arms. • • • Main Entry: ↑arm * * * lay down your ˈarms idiom (formal) to stop fighting • … Useful english dictionary
Lay Down Your Arms — is a 1956 popular song with music by Ake Gerhard and Leon Landgren and lyrics by Gerhard (original Ann Caroline Swedish) and Paddy Roberts (English).In the United States, the biggest hit version was recorded by The Chordettes, reaching #16 on the … Wikipedia
lay down your arms — stop fighting, bury the hatchet It s time to lay down your arms. Stop fighting with your sister … English idioms
Lay Down Your Arms (The Graces song) — Infobox Single Name = Lay Down Your Arms Caption = Artist = The Graces from Album = Perfect View A side = B side = Released = 1989 Format = CD single, cassette single, 7 Recorded = Genre = Pop rock Length = 4:14 Label = A M Records Writer =… … Wikipedia
lay down — verb Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to give up ; surrender < lay down your arms > 2. a. establish, prescribe < lay down a scale for a map > b. to assert or command dogmatically … New Collegiate Dictionary
lay down — verb a) To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground. The police urged the gunman to lay down his weapon. b) To specify, institute … Wiktionary
arms — [ armz ] noun plural ** weapons, for example guns or bombs: countries that sell arms to terrorists The British police do not usually carry arms. the international arms trade lay down (your) arms to agree to stop fighting: The President appealed… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
arms */*/ — UK [ɑː(r)mz] / US [ɑrmz] noun [plural] weapons, for example guns or bombs countries that sell arms to terrorists The British police do not usually carry arms. the international arms trade • lay down (your) arms to agree to stop fighting The… … English dictionary
Put Your Arms Around Me — Infobox Single | Name = Put Your Arms Around Me Artist = Natural from Album = Keep It Natural Released = *USA: Summer 2001; *Germany: March 11, 2002 Format = CD single Writer = Steve Kipner Producer = Recorded = Genre = Pop Length = Label = Sony… … Wikipedia
lay — lay1 W2S1 [leı] v the past tense of ↑lie 1 lay 2 lay2 v past tense and past participle laid [leıd] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(put somebody/something down)¦ 2 lay bricks/carpet/concrete/cables etc 3¦(bird/insect etc)¦ 4¦(table)¦ 5 lay the foundations/ … Dictionary of contemporary English
