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Antonyms for lay on the table
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : lahyn |
Phonetic Transcription : laɪn |
Definition of lay on the table
Origin :- late 14c., "to tie with a cord," from line (n.). Meaning "to mark or mark off with lines" is from mid-15c. Sense of "to arrange in a line" is from 1640s; that of "to join a line" is by 1773. To line up "form a line" is attested by 1889, in U.S. football.
- As in suspend : verb delay, hold off
Synonyms for lay on the table
- adjourn
- arrest
- bar
- break up
- can
- cease
- check
- count out
- cut short
- debar
- defer
- discontinue
- eject
- eliminate
- exclude
- file
- halt
- hang
- hang fire
- hang up
- hold up
- inactivate
- intermit
- interrupt
- lay aside
- lay off
- lay on the table
- lay over
- omit
- pigeonhole
- pink-slip
- postpone
- procrastinate
- prorogue
- protract
- put a stop to
- put an end to
- put off
- put on back burner
- put on hold
- put on ice
- put on the shelf
- reject
- retard
- rule out
- shelve
- stave off
- stay
- waive
- withhold
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