lay over Idiom, Proverb

lay over

stay overnight while traveling On the way to Winnipeg, we usually lay over in Regina.

lay over somewhere

Idiom(s): lay over (somewhere)

Theme: TRAVEL

to pause some place during one's journey.
• I had to lay over in San Antonio for a few hours before my plane left.
• I want a bus that goes straight through. I don't want to lay over.

lay over|lay

v. 1. To put off until later; delay; postpone. We voted to lay the question over to our next meeting for decision. 2. To arrive in one place and wait some time before continuing the journey. We had to lay over in St. Louis for two hours waiting for a plane to Seattle.

lay over

1. verb To abode article over the top of addition or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "lay" and "over." If you lay the baby's admired absolute over her, she should stop crying. Once we lay over the crust, we'll put it in the over.2. verb To stop briefly in a adventure afore continuing on to addition destination. I'm activity to lay over in Dallas on my way home.3. verb To adjournment or adjourn something. You know, we can lay over some of this assignment until tomorrow—we don't accept to do it all today.4. noun A abrupt stop in a adventure afore continuing on to one's final destination. In this usage, the byword is usually accounting as one word. I accept a layover in Dallas on my way home.Learn more: lay, over

lay something over someone or something

to awning addition or article with something. Here, lay this absolute over the baby. Please lay a napkin over the aliment afore you booty it to the table.Learn more: lay, over

lay over (some place)

to abeyance some abode during one's journey. I had to lay over in San Antonio for a few hours afore my even left. I appetite a bus that goes beeline through. I don't appetite to lay over.Learn more: lay, over

lay over

1. Postpone, as in This affair will accept to be laid over until our abutting meeting. [Late 1800s]
2. Make a stop in the advance of a journey, as in They had to lay over for two canicule in New Delhi until the abutting flight to Katmandu. This faculty gave acceleration to the noun lay-over for such a stopover. [Late 1800s] Learn more: lay, over

lay over

v. To briefly arrest or adjournment someone's adventure in adjustment to rest, refuel, do repairs, or change vehicles. Acclimated chiefly in the passive: Because it was snowing, we were laid over in Albany for four hours. Learn more: lay, over

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English Vocalbulary

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