LAY DOWN YOUR LIFE FOR

Meaning of LAY DOWN YOUR LIFE FOR in English

die for, be killed for

Doug was killed in World War II. He laid down his life for Canada.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

LAY DOWN YOUR LIFE FOR — die for, be killed for Doug was killed in World War II. He laid down his life for Canada.
English Idioms vocab
YOUR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
YOUR — I. Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower (used as gen. of gē you); akin to Old High German iuwēr …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LIFE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAY — I. ˈlā verb ( laid ˈlād ; laid ; laying ; lays ) Etymology: Middle English leyen, leggen, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOR — I. fə(r), (|)fȯ(ə)r, (|)fȯ(ə), in R speech in the southern US also (|)fär preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; …
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
YOUR — /yoor, yawr, yohr/ ; unstressed /yeuhr/ , pron. 1. (a form of the possessive case of you used as an …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIFE — /luyf/ , n. , pl. lives /luyvz/ , adj. n. 1. the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged 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
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
YOUR — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ēower; akin to Old English ēow you — more at you Date: before …
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
LIFE
Britannica English vocabulary
YOUR — / jɔː(r); NAmE jʊr weak form jə(r)/ determiner (the possessive form of you ) 1. of or belonging to the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIFE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAY
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
YOUR — your S1 W1 /jə; strong jɔː $ jər strong jɔːr/ BrE AmE determiner [possessive form of ‘you’] [ Language: Old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIFE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LAY
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOR — I. for 1 S1 W1 /fə; strong fɔː $ fər strong fɔːr/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] …
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
LIFE — n. (pl. lives) 1 the condition which distinguishes active animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LAY — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. laid) 1 tr. place on a surface, esp. horizontally or in the …
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
LIFE — n. (pl. lives) 1 the condition which distinguishes active animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LAY — v. & n. v. (past and past part. laid) 1 tr. place on a surface, esp. horizontally or in the …
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
LIFE — n. (pl. lives) 1. the condition which distinguishes active animals and plants from inorganic matter, including the capacity for growth, …
Oxford English vocab
LAY — 1. v. & n. --v. (past and past part. laid) 1. tr. place on a surface, esp. horizontally or in …
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
YOUR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Your' is the second person possessive …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIFE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FOR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIFE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LAY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FOR
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
YOUR — [determiner]Your means of or belonging to people generally.Garlic is good for your blood.Of course you want the best for your …
Cambridge English vocab
LIFE
Cambridge English vocab
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
LIFE — See ↑ ALIVE 1,3, ↑ LIFE 1,2, ↑ STORY 5 ◆◆◆ • ↑ adult life • ↑ all your life …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIFE — INDEX: 1. the time when someone is alive 2. the kind of life that someone has 3. continuing for all …
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
LIFE — noun 1 BAD : The cost of life is very high in London. GOOD : The cost of living is …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
LIFE — 1. сущ. 1) а) жизнь; существование to breathe (new) life into smth. ≈ вдохнуть (новую) жизнь во что-л. to restore …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LAY — I прил. 1) мирской, светский She serves as a lay teacher at the convent school. ≈ Она преподает в монастырской …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOR — (полная форма); (редуцированная форма) 1. союз 1) ибо; ввиду того, что (вводит придаточное причины) This is no party question, for …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DOWN
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
YOUR — your.ogg jɔ: (полная форма); jə (редуцированная форма) poss pron ( употр. тк. атрибутивно; ср. yours) I ( при обращении к …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIFE
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LAY
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FOR — for.ogg 1. fɔ: n довод в пользу чего-л. fors and againsts - доводы за и против 2. fɔ: (полная форма); …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DOWN
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIFE — 1) живые организмы, флора и фауна ( данной среды или территории ) 2) срок службы; долговечность; ресурс 3) стойкость; ресурс …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
LAY — 1) (рас)положение ( по отношению к чему-л. ) || располагать, размещать 2) класть, укладывать ( кирпичи, камни, плитку, рельсы, бетон, …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь

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