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Lay about One (To)

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To strike on all sides.

“Heʹll lay about him to-day”—Shakespeare: Trolius and Cressida, i. 2.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Lawsuits
Lawn
Lawn-market (The)
Lawrence (St.)
Lawyer’s Bags
Lay Brothers
Lay Figures
Lay Out (To)
Lay about One (To)
Lay by the Heels (To)
Lay of the Last Minstrel
Lay to One’s Charge (To)
Layamon
Layers-over for Meddlers
Lazar House or Lazaretto
Lazarists
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Lazarone
Lazarus