All lay down synonyms

verb lay down

• give in — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
• go under — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• eat dirt — any foul or filthy substance, as mud, grime, dust, or excrement.
• give way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
• chill out — To chill out means to relax after you have done something tiring or stressful.
• breathe easy — to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and expel it; inhale and exhale; respire.
• cool off — If someone or something cools off, or if you cool them off, they become cooler after having been hot.
• hang loose — to let loose; free from bonds or restraint.
• loosen up — to unfasten or undo, as a bond or fetter.
• make oneself at home — (Idiomatic) To make oneself comfortable as if one were in one's own home.
• mellow out — soft, sweet, and full-flavored from ripeness, as fruit.
• call the shots — The person who calls the shots is in a position to tell others what to do.
• take a break — have a rest
• call the tune — to be in control of the proceedings
• lay down the law — the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
• wind down — the act of winding.
• read the riot act — an English statute of 1715 providing that if 12 or more persons assemble unlawfully and riotously, to the disturbance of the public peace, and refuse to disperse upon proclamation they shall be considered guilty of felony.
• catch one's breath — When you catch your breath while you are doing something energetic, you stop for a short time so that you can start breathing normally again.
• put one's feet up — relax
• turn in — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
• go to bed — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
• knock off — an act or instance of knocking.
• ease off — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
• let oneself go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• simmer down — to cook or cook in a liquid at or just below the boiling point.
• take one's time — the system of those sequential relations that any event has to any other, as past, present, or future; indefinite and continuous duration regarded as that in which events succeed one another.
• let down — British. a lease.
• let up — to allow or permit: to let him escape.
• ease up — freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
• slack off — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
• take five — a cardinal number, four plus one.
• bed — A BEd is a degree which usually takes four years to complete and which qualifies someone to teach in a school. BEd is an abbreviation for 'Bachelor of Education.' Compare PGCE.
• flop — to fall or plump down suddenly, especially with noise; drop or turn with a sudden bump or thud (sometimes followed by down): The puppy flopped down on the couch.
• hit the hay — grass, clover, alfalfa, etc., cut and dried for use as forage.
• hit the sack — a large bag of strong, coarsely woven material, as for grain, potatoes, or coal.
• roll in — to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.