单词 | lay on the line |
释义 | lay on the lineSEE SYNONYMS FOR lay on the line ON THESAURUS.COM Make ready for payment, as in They laid hundreds of thousands of dollars on the line to develop the new software. [c. 1900] lay it on the line. Speak frankly and firmly, make something clear. For example, The professor laid it on the line: either hand in a term paper or fail the course. [c. 1920] Put something at risk, as in The troops sent overseas were laying their lives on the line. [Mid-1900s] Words nearby lay on the linelay of the land, lay on, lay one's cards on the table, lay oneself out, Lay on, Macduff, lay on the line, lay open, layout, layover, laypeople, layperson The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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