lay low

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lay low^¹

verb lays low · laying low · laid low

transitive To topple or overcome; to cause to fall; (of a person) to knock out. He was laid low by a vicious blow to the head.
transitive To put in an abject condition. My lover had remained in New York with her family because she had picked up the plague, or something just as bad, that had laid her quite low.

lay low^²

verb lays low · laying low · laid low · lay low

informal, proscribed, sometimes To lie low, to be inconspicuous, especially when the potential object of search. We lay low until the shell went over and then would straighten up again.

lay low^³

verb

past simple past of lie low
Similar: lie low

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@misc{lay_low_2026,
  title = {lay low},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lay%20low},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}