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lay down one's arms

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.10 in modern English

Syllables
lay -down one's arms
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To discard one's weapons and cease fighting.

Inflected Forms

lays down one's arms (present, singular) laying down one's arms (participle, present) laid down one's arms (participle, past) laid down one's arms (past) lay down arms (alternative)

Synonyms

lay down one's weapons

Antonyms

take up arms

Questions

What does lay down one's arms mean?
To discard one's weapons and cease fighting.

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