LAY DOWN THE LAW

Meaning of LAY DOWN THE LAW in English

v. speak with authority

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

LAY DOWN THE LAW — issue instructions in an authoritative or dogmatic way. → lavish something on
Concise Oxford English vocab
LAY DOWN THE LAW — to tell sb with force what they should or should not do
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAY DOWN THE LAW — see law
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAY DOWN THE LAW — see law
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
LAY DOWN THE LAW — Synonyms and related words : be responsible for, bestride, call the signals, captain, carry on, command, conduct, control, dictate, direct, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LAY DOWN THE LAW — {v. phr.} 1. To give strict orders. * /The teacher lays down the law about homework every afternoon./ 2. To …
Slang English vocab
LAY DOWN THE LAW — See ↑ TELL 23
Longman Activator English vocab
LAY DOWN THE LAW — ORDER SOMEONE ABOUT/AROUND, tell someone what to do, ride roughshod over someone; informal boss someone about/around, throw one's weight about/around, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
LAY DOWN THE LAW — {v. phr.} 1. To give strict orders. * /The teacher lays down the law about homework every afternoon./ 2. To …
Словарь английских идиом
LAY DOWN THE LAW — tell someone what to do using your power or influence The new management plans to lay down the law to …
English Idioms vocab
LAY DOWN THE LAW — v. phr. 1. To give strict orders. The teacher lays down the law about homework every afternoon. 2. To speak …
American Idioms English vocabulary
LAY DOWN THE LAW — формулировать закон задавать тон
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LAY DOWN THE LAW — формулировать закон
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LAY DOWN THE LAW — формулировать закон, устанавливать закон
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LAY DOWN THE LAW — формулировать закон, устанавливать закон
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
LAY DOWN THE LAW — формулировать закон
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LAY DOWN THE LAW — формулировать закон
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
LAY DOWN THE LAW — устанавливать правовые нормы, формулировать закон
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
LAY DOWN THE LAW — expr infml 1) If you misbehave she'll lay down the law soon enough — Если ты будешь плохо вести себя, она живо …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
LAY DOWN THE LAW — expr infml 1) If you misbehave she'll lay down the law soon enough — Если ты будешь плохо вести себя, …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
LAY DOWN THE LAW — lay down the law expr infml 1. If you misbehave she'll lay down the law soon enough Если ты будешь …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
LAY DOWN THE LAW — 1) If you misbehave she'll lay down the law soon enough — Если ты будешь плохо вести себя, она живо …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
LAY DOWN THE LAW — устанавливать правовые нормы,формулировать закон
Англо-Русский экономический словарь
LAY DOWN THE LAW — формулировать закон задавать тон
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LAW — I Discipline and profession concerned with the customs, practices, and rules of conduct that are recognized as binding by the …
Английский словарь Британика
LAY — I. ˈlā verb ( laid ˈlād ; laid ; laying ; lays ) Etymology: Middle English leyen, leggen, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAW — I. ˈlȯ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect), from Old English hlāw, hlǣw; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAY — lay 1 /lay/ , v. , laid, laying , n. v.t. 1. to put or place in a horizontal position …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAW — law 1 — lawlike , adj. /law/ , n. 1. the principles and regulations established in a community by some …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAY — I. ˈlā verb ( laid ˈlād ; lay·ing ) Etymology: Middle English leyen, from Old English lecgan; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Webster English vocab
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
LAW — the discipline and profession concerned with the customs, practices, and rules of conduct of a community that are recognized as …
Britannica English vocabulary
LAY
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAW — / lɔː; NAmE / noun SYSTEM OF RULES 1. (also the law ) [ U ] the whole system of …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAY
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LAW
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LAY — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. laid) 1 tr. place on a surface, esp. horizontally or in the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LAW — n. 1 a a rule enacted or customary in a community and recognized as enjoining or prohibiting certain actions and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LAY — v. & n. v. (past and past part. laid) 1 tr. place on a surface, esp. horizontally or in the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LAW — n. 1 a a rule enacted or customary in a community and recognized as enjoining or prohibiting certain actions and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LAY — 1. v. & n. --v. (past and past part. laid) 1. tr. place on a surface, esp. horizontally or in …
Oxford English vocab
LAW — n.1 a a rule enacted or customary in a community and recognized as enjoining or prohibiting certain actions and enforced …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
LAY — I. VERB AND NOUN USES /leɪ/ ( lays, laying, laid) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAW — ( laws) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The law is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LAW
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LAW — n. administrative law Ampère's law Anglo Saxon law Anti Corn Law League antitrust law associative law Avogadro's law blue law …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
LAW — n. Discipline and profession concerned with the customs, practices, and rules of conduct that are recognized as binding by the …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DOWN
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOWN — n. back down bear down beat down bog down boil down bowl down break down bring down broken down buckle …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
LAW — INDEX: 1. an official rule that everyone must obey 2. the whole system of laws of a country or place …
Longman Activator English vocab
DOWN — INDEX: 1. moving down 2. to go down 3. when the sun goes down 4. to go down under the …
Longman Activator English vocab
LAY — n. 25B6; verb Curtis laid the newspaper on the table : PUT (DOWN), place, set (down), deposit, rest, situate, locate, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

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