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Antonyms for lay over
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : ley |
Phonetic Transcription : leɪ |
- abandon
- abbreviate
- accept
- accomplish
- achieve
- add
- advance
- aid
- allow
- assist
- begin
- carry on
- carry out
- complete
- continue
- dispatch
- do
- encourage
- expedite
- facilitate
- finish
- force
- forge
- forward
- free
- further
- go
- hasten
- help
- hurry
- include
- keep on
- leave
- let go
- liberate
- maintain
- open
- permit
- persevere
- persist
- promote
- push
- release
- rise
- rush
- shorten
- speed
- succeed
- support
- sustain
- unblock
Definition of lay over
Origin :- "manner of lying," 1690s, from lie (v.2). Sense in golf is from 1857.
- As in postpone : verb put off till later time
- As in put off : verb defer, delay
- As in suspend : verb delay, hold off
- As in defer : verb hold off, put off
- As in delay : verb cause stop in action
- Joan lay over there white and still, a pitiful crumpled heap.
- Extract from : « Wanderer of Infinity » by Harl Vincent
- Then it turned to an ashy tint; it lay over the church-yard.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- A trail of purple, like a smear of blood on a blue shield, lay over the sea.
- Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
- Her bows were more raised, and she lay over further by the depth of a plank.
- Extract from : « The Frozen Pirate » by W. Clark Russell
- I checked her from stem to gudgeon and you lay over her like a circus tent.
- Extract from : « The Galaxy Primes » by Edward Elmer Smith
- But as he looked on the hoard Sigurd felt some shadow of the evil that lay over it all.
- Extract from : « The Children of Odin » by Padraic Colum
- Outside, the freshness of a Suabian morning lay over valley and mountain.
- Extract from : « A Woman's Will » by Anne Warner
- He tapped with his gnarled fingers on the blanket that lay over his knees.
- Extract from : « Long Live the King » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Not so much as a chaw of bacon, or a blanket to lay over you nights.
- Extract from : « The Huntress » by Hulbert Footner
- That means we'll have to lay over long enough in Havaner to earn the money.
- Extract from : « Mitch Miller » by Edgar Lee Masters
Synonyms for lay over
- adjourn
- arrest
- bar
- bide time
- block
- break up
- can
- cease
- check
- choke
- clog
- confine
- cool it
- count out
- curb
- cut short
- dally
- dawdle
- debar
- defer
- delay
- detain
- deter
- dilly-dally
- dillydally
- discontinue
- discourage
- drag
- drag one's feet
- eject
- eliminate
- encumber
- exclude
- extend
- file
- filibuster
- gain time
- give a rain check
- give rain check
- halt
- hamper
- hang
- hang fire
- hang up
- hinder
- hold
- hold off
- hold over
- hold up
- impede
- inactivate
- inhibit
- interfere
- intermit
- interrupt
- keep
- keep back
- lag
- lay aside
- lay off
- lay on the table
- lay over
- lengthen
- linger
- loiter
- obstruct
- omit
- pigeonhole
- pink-slip
- poke
- postpone
- prevent
- procrastinate
- prolong
- prorogue
- protract
- put a stop to
- put an end to
- put back
- put off
- put on back burner
- put on hold
- put on ice
- put on the shelf
- reject
- remand
- remit
- repress
- reschedule
- restrict
- retard
- rule out
- set aside
- shelve
- slacken
- slow
- stall
- stave off
- stay
- suspend
- table
- tarry
- temporize
- trail
- waive
- withhold
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