Laid and Take

Laid

Laid adjective - Set down according to a plan:"a carefully laid table with places set for four people".

Take is an antonym for laid in topics: credit, put, produce, design, bet.

Nearby Word: lay

Take

Take verb - To reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms.

Laid is an antonym for take.

Nearby Words: taking, taken, taker

Both words in one sentence

  • In the Ever Decreasing Circles episode "Manure", laid-back Paul Ryman is away at a Pro-Am golf tournament and asks his neighbour Martin Bryce to take a delivery of manure for him.
  • Bizarrchitecture: Have a look at one of the many Let's Play for this game and you'll see some strange building layouts, though the badly laid out bathrooms really take the cake.
  • World War II / War In Asia And The Pacific He also mandates massively increased investment to make the ridiculously large "Two Ocean Navy" (as laid out in 1940) a reality in just three years, stating his intention to take the war to Japan.
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