lay down

Verb

transitive euphemistic intransitive nonstandard proscribed dated

(transitive) To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground. / To place on the ground, e.g. a railway on a trackbed.

Japanese Meaning

何か（例えば武器やその他のもの）を地面に置く、敷設する。 / 武器などを手放す、放棄する、降伏する。

What is this buttons?

The rebels agreed to lay down their arms after the ceasefire.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

反乱軍は停戦後に武器を放棄することに同意した。

Details

Sense（1）

(transitive) To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground.

The police urged the gunman to lay down his weapon.

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Details

Sense（2）

To place on the ground, e.g. a railway on a trackbed.

He also thought nothing of laying down a railway in a war zone. For example, he was one of those behind the Grand Crimean Central Railway, built during the Crimean War ….

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