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  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  lay
Part of Speech:  phrasal verb
Definition:  To wait concealed in order to attack (someone).
Idioms:  lay wait for, lie in wait for
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  lay
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To place (a story, for example) in a designated setting.
Synonyms:  set
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  abandon
Part of Speech:  phrasal verb
Definition:  To cease trying to accomplish or continue.
Synonyms:  break off, desist, discontinue, give up, leave off, quit, relinquish, remit, stop
Idioms:  call it a day, call it quits, hang up one's fiddle, have done with, throw in the towel
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  aim
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To move (a weapon or blow, for example) in the direction of someone or something.
Synonyms:  cast, direct, head, level, point, set, train, turn, zero in
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  arrange
Part of Speech:  phrasal verb
Definition:  To plan the details or arrangements of.
Synonyms:  prepare, schedule, work out
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  attribute
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To regard as belonging to or resulting from another.
Synonyms:  accredit, ascribe, assign, charge, credit, impute, refer
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  bank
Part of Speech:  phrasal verb
Definition:  To place (money) in a bank.
Synonyms:  deposit, salt away
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  beat
Part of Speech:  phrasal verb
Definition:  To punish with blows or lashes.
Synonyms:  flog, hide, lash, thrash, whip
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  bet
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To make a bet.
Synonyms:  gamble, game, play, wager
Idioms:  put one's money on something
  Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Main Entry:  bury
Part of Speech:  verb
Definition:  To place (a corpse) in or as if in a grave.
Synonyms:  entomb, inhume, inter
Idioms:  lay

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Cite This Source   Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition
by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary.
Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
 

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