Synonyms for lay it on
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : ley |
Phonetic Transcription : leɪ |
Top 10 synonyms for lay it on Other synonyms for the word lay it on
- abase
- act
- amplify
- apple-polish
- banter
- be at beck and call
- be intemperate
- be obsequious
- be servile
- belabor
- bend an ear
- bite off too much
- blandish
- bootlick
- bow
- breathe
- brownnose
- buddy up
- burlesque
- butter up
- buzz
- cajole
- cater to
- cave in to
- charm
- coax
- con
- cotton
- court
- cower
- crack to
- crawl
- creep
- cringe
- curry favor
- debase
- defer
- do to death
- draw
- drive oneself
- enact
- entice
- execute
- fall all over
- fall on one's knees
- farcialize
- fatigue
- flatter
- give color to
- go overboard
- go too far
- gratify
- grovel
- ham it up
- hint
- honey up
- hype
- insinuate
- intimate
- inveigle
- invite
- jolly
- kiss one's feet
- kiss-up
- kneel
- kowtow
- lay it on
- lay the gaff
- let in on
- lick boots
- magnify
- make a production of
- make federal case
- make up to
- massage
- melodramatize
- not know when to stop
- oil
- overburden
- overdo
- overindulge
- overload
- overreach
- overstate
- overtax
- overtire
- overuse
- overvalue
- overwork
- pander
- pay court
- perform
- persuade
- pile on
- play on heartstrings
- play the game
- play to gallery
- play up
- play up to
- playact
- please
- politic
- present
- pressure
- produce
- puff
- reveal
- run into the ground
- run riot
- satisfy
- scrape
- scratch one's back
- seduce
- show
- slaver
- snow
- soap
- soft-soap
- soften up
- spill to
- splash
- spread it on
- stage
- stoop
- strain oneself
- stretch
- stroke
- submit
- suck up to
- suggest
- sweet-talk
- sweeten up
- talk big
- tell
- toady
- tragedize
- truckle
- unload on
- wear down
- wear oneself out
- whisper
- woo
- work on
- worm
- yield
Définition of lay it on
Origin :- Old English lecgan "to place on the ground (or other surface)," also "put down (often by striking)," from Proto-Germanic *lagjanan (cf. Old Saxon leggian, Old Norse leggja, Old Frisian ledza, Middle Dutch legghan, Dutch leggen, Old High German lecken, German legen, Gothic lagjan "to lay, put, place"), causative of lie (v.2). As a noun, from 1550s, "act of laying." Meaning "way in which something is laid" (e.g. lay of the land) first recorded 1819.
- Meaning "have sex with" first recorded 1934, in U.S. slang, probably from sense of "deposit" (which was in Old English, as in lay an egg, lay a bet, etc.), perhaps reinforced by to lie with, a phrase frequently met in the Bible. The noun meaning "woman available for sexual intercourse" is attested from 1930, but there are suggestions of it in stage puns from as far back as 1767. To lay for (someone) "await a chance at revenge" is from late 15c.; lay low "stay inconspicuous" is from 1839. To lay (someone) low preserves the secondary Old English sense.
- As in overdo : verb go to extremes; carry too far
- As in pander : verb cater to, indulge
- As in toady : verb fawn
- As in truckle : verb fawn
- As in wheedle : verb talk into
- As in confide : verb divulge information
- As in dramatize : verb make a performance of
- As in fawn : verb ingratiate oneself to; serve
Antonyms for lay it on
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