(UK, transitive) To reserve (something) for the future.
Let's lay away that coat and we can pick it up next month.
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(UK, transitive) To reserve (an item for sale in a store) for future purchase.
Legend has it that they laid him away in an unmarked grave.
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(transitive) To bury (someone).
Let's lay away that coat and we can pick it up next month.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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