Lay down
Lay down verb - To put into effect through legislative or authoritative action.
Made
Both terms in one sentence
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After he is taken away to the healers, the captain brings out a whip studded with single-made ironnote and made from another god's skin and bones and proceeds to lay down the law.
Source: Thunderbolt Iron - He learns too late that she really did love him enough to lay down her life for her, and that it was his mocking laughter at the idea that actually made it happen.
Source: Theatre / The Wild Duck - Pax successfully made all but a fraction of the test population more docile, but made them so passive that they lost all motivation to eat, sleep or breathe, causing all of them to simply lay down where they stood and let themselves die.
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