Lay down
Lay down verb - To give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly.
Usage example: the supervisor laid down the procedure for a complaint of sexual harassment
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Season 2: "Lay Down Your Burdens I & II" ended with the humans giving up the search for earth, to settle on a substitute planet instead.
Source: Nothing Is the Same Anymore - The King Elect of Norway, Christian Frederick, had to lay down his executive power, to formally end the strife, and let the Norwegian parliament (and government) settle matters with Sweden.
Source: Worf Had the Flu - In Battlestar Galactica two parter "Lay Down Your Burdens", humanity has the choice to quit the search for Earth and settle a planet that's about as hospitable as summertime Siberia in the form of the presidential elections.
Source: "Leave Your Quest" Test
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Settle and Lay down. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lay_down/settle
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