lay claim

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lay claim

verb lays claim · laying claim · laid claim

idiomatic, usually, with to To state that something belongs to oneself. Spencer University lays claim to the recently published discovery.
Similar: stake a claim

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verb say that something belongs to oneself

中文	要求承認, 要求承认 yāoqiú chéngrèn, 請求權利, 请求权利 qǐngqiú quánlì
Français	revendiquer
Deutsch	Anspruch erheben
עברית	קבע בעלות kavá ba'alút

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@misc{lay_claim_2026,
  title = {lay claim},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lay%20claim},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}