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Antonyms for lay low
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : loh |
Phonetic Transcription : loʊ |
- abet
- accept
- advance
- aid
- allow
- assist
- bare
- be honest
- blow up
- break
- build
- carry on
- carry out
- clear up
- combine
- confront
- construct
- create
- deceive
- disclose
- disregard
- divulge
- do
- elevate
- encounter
- encourage
- enlighten
- erect
- exhibit
- expand
- explain
- explicate
- expose
- face
- fill
- forge
- forward
- give up
- go
- go ahead
- halt
- help
- hold
- hold back
- hurry
- ignore
- improve
- incite
- increase
- jag
- join
- keep
- lay bare
- lay out
- leave
- let go
- let out
- lie
- lift
- lose
- make uneven
- meet
- move
- open
- order
- organize
- permit
- point away
- prohibit
- protect
- raise
- release
- remain
- retain
- retreat
- reveal
- rough up
- round
- rush
- save
- seek
- show
- soothe
- stay
- stop
- surrender
- take on
- tell
- tell truth
- turn
- uncompress
- uncover
- unite
- unmask
- unsettle
- unwrap
- want
- yield
Definition of lay low
Origin :- "not high," late 13c., from lah (late 12c.), "not rising much, being near the base or ground" (of objects or persons); "lying on the ground or in a deep place" (late 13c.), from Old Norse lagr "low," or a similar Scandinavian source (cf. Swedish låg, Danish lav), from Proto-Germanic *lega- "lying flat, low" (cf. Old Frisian lech, Middle Dutch lage, Dutch laag "low," dialectal German läge "flat"), from PIE *legh- "to lie" (see lie (v.2)).
- Meaning "humble in rank" is from c.1200; "undignified" is from 1550s; sense of "dejected, dispirited" is attested from 1737; meaning "coarse, vulgar" is from 1759. In reference to sounds, "not loud," also "having a deep pitch," it is attested from c.1300. Of prices, from c.1400. In geographical usage, low refers to the part of a country near the sea-shore (c.1300; e.g. Low Countries "Holland, Belgium, Luxemburg," 1540s). As an adverb c.1200, from the adjective.
- As in level : verb destroy, demolish
- As in avoid : verb refrain or stay away from; prevent
- As in sit tight : verb be patient, wait
- As in wait : verb pause, rest
- As in weasel : verb avoid, evade
- As in wait and see : verb watch and wait
- As in bring down : verb reduce or hurt
- As in stash : verb hide
- As in conceal : verb hide, disguise
- As in desolate : verb ravage, destroy
- As in dispatch : verb finish; consume
- As in evade : verb get away from
- As in fell : verb chop down
- As in flatten : verb level out
- As in floor : verb perplex, confound
- As in hide : verb conceal; remain unseen
- "But we'll lay low for a while," Enoch said, with an air of profound cunning.
- Extract from : « Peak and Prairie » by Anna Fuller
- It ain't as if 'The Curlew' was loaded down, and lay low in the water.
- Extract from : « Left on Labrador » by Charles Asbury Stephens
- She had not noticed us as yet, for we lay low in the water and had no sail set.
- Extract from : « Across the Spanish Main » by Harry Collingwood
- He escaped and lay low, wondering how to get down the river.
- Extract from : « In Mesopotamia » by Martin Swayne
- And it took a sharp eye to spy him when he lay low in that fashion.
- Extract from : « The Tale of Benny Badger » by Arthur Scott Bailey
- No wonder you lay low, Carrick; no wonder I didn't hear your voice.
- Extract from : « Stingaree » by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
- Zack's mammy heah dat, an' she lay low an' study 'bout a name, too.
- Extract from : « Sunlight Patch » by Credo Fitch Harris
- “Lay low,” he whispered, not forgetting to keep up the dialect.
- Extract from : « Radio Boys Loyalty » by Wayne Whipple
- Well just lay low until morning and then well get our clock.
- Extract from : « The Eight-Oared Victors » by Lester Chadwick
- Now I guess Ill just lay low for a while, he remarked to himself.
- Extract from : « Tom Fairfield in Camp » by Allen Chapman
Synonyms for lay low
- abase
- abide
- abrade
- abstain
- adumbrate
- anticipate
- avert
- avoid
- await
- baffle
- balk
- beard
- beat
- beat around bush
- beat around the bush
- beat down
- beg the question
- bewilder
- bide
- bide one's time
- blot out
- blow down
- bowl over
- bring down
- bring up short
- bulldoze
- burrow
- bury
- bypass
- cache
- camouflage
- cause to fall
- cavil
- circumlocute
- circumvent
- cleave
- cloak
- compress
- conceal
- conclude
- confuse
- conquer
- cool it
- cop out
- couch
- cover
- cover up
- crush
- curtain
- cut
- cut down
- dally
- damage
- dance around an issue
- dash
- debase
- deceive
- decline
- defeat
- deflate
- deflect
- delay
- demolish
- depopulate
- depredate
- depress
- desecrate
- desist
- despoil
- devastate
- devour
- discharge
- discomfit
- disconcert
- disguise
- dispose of
- dissemble
- ditch
- divert
- dodge
- double
- down
- drop
- duck
- dumbfound
- eat up
- eclipse
- elude
- ensconce
- enshroud
- equalize
- equivocate
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- even out
- expect
- expedite
- fake out
- fell
- fence
- fend off
- fill time
- flatten
- flee
- floor
- flush
- fly
- foresee
- fudge
- gash
- get around
- give the runaround
- give the slip
- go into hiding
- go underground
- grade
- ground
- hack
- hang
- hang around
- hang onto your hat
- hang out
- harbor
- hedge
- hem and haw
- hew
- hide
- hold back
- hold everything
- hold off
- hold on
- hold the phone
- hole up
- hush up
- injure
- iron out
- jump
- keep clear
- keep dark
- keep distance
- keep from
- keep secret
- keep shirt on
- keep your shirt on
- knock down
- knock over
- KO
- lay
- lay low
- lay waste
- lead on a merry chase
- level
- lie
- lie in wait
- lie low
- linger
- lock up
- look for
- look forward to
- lower
- lurk
- mangle
- mark time
- mask
- masquerade
- mow
- mow down
- murder
- nonplus
- not give away
- not tell
- obscure
- obviate
- occult
- overthrow
- overturn
- parry
- pass up
- perform
- pillage
- plane
- plant
- plaster
- play a waiting game
- plunder
- polish off
- pretend
- prevaricate
- prostrate
- protect
- pull down
- pussyfoot
- put in a hole
- put off
- put on hold
- put out of the way
- puzzle
- raze
- recoil
- remain
- renege
- reserve
- rive
- roll
- ruin
- run for cover
- sack
- salt away
- save it
- scarf down
- screen
- secrete
- settle
- sever
- shadow
- shake
- shake and bake
- shake off
- shelter
- shield
- shift
- shirk
- shoot
- shoot down
- shrink from
- shroud
- shuck
- shuffle
- shuffle off
- shun
- shy
- sidestep
- sit tight
- sit up for
- skip
- skip out on
- skip town
- skirt
- skulk
- slash
- slay
- slink
- slip out
- smash
- smooth
- smuggle
- sneak
- sneak away
- split
- spoliate
- spread out
- squash
- squirrel
- stall
- stand by
- stash
- stay
- stay away
- stay out
- stay out of sight
- stay put
- stay up for
- steer clear of
- step aside
- stick around
- stifle
- stow
- stow away
- straighten
- strike down
- stump
- subdue
- sunder
- suppress
- sweat it
- take cover
- tap dance
- tarry
- tear down
- tergiversate
- throw
- throw down
- trample
- tread water
- trick
- tuck away
- tumble
- turn aside
- undermine
- upset
- veil
- waffle
- ward off
- waste
- watch
- weasel
- weave
- welsh
- withdraw
- withhold
- worm one's way out of
- wound
- wrap
- wreck
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