LAY DOWN THE LAW

Meaning of LAY DOWN THE LAW in English

ORDER SOMEONE ABOUT/AROUND, tell someone what to do, ride roughshod over someone; informal boss someone about/around, throw one's weight about/around, push someone about/around.

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LAY DOWN THE LAW — v. speak with authority
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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 — {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
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
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
LAY
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

Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary

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