All lay by antonyms
lay by
L l verb lay by
- squander — to spend or use (money, time, etc.) extravagantly or wastefully (often followed by away).
- use — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- spend — to pay out, disburse, or expend; dispose of (money, wealth, resources, etc.): resisting the temptation to spend one's money.
- use up — to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
- hire — to engage the services of (a person or persons) for wages or other payment: to hire a clerk.
- begin — To begin to do something means to start doing it.
- start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
- activate — If a device or process is activated, something causes it to start working.
- carry out — If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.
- walk — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- do — Informal. a burst of frenzied activity; action; commotion.
- move — to pass from one place or position to another.
- stand — (of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
- burden — If you describe a problem or a responsibility as a burden, you mean that it causes someone a lot of difficulty, worry, or hard work.
- hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
- abuse — Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.