lay down one's arms
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[edit]lay down one's arms (third-person singular simple present lays down one's arms, present participle laying down one's arms, simple past and past participle laid down one's arms)
- To discard one's weapons and cease fighting.
- Synonym: lay down one's weapons
- Antonym: take up arms
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Further reading
[edit]- “lay down one’s arms”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “lay down your arms”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “lay down your arms” (US) / “lay down your arms” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
- “lay down one's arms”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.