"lay away" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: lays away [present, singular, third-person], laying away [participle, present], laid away [participle, past], laid away [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lay<,,laid> away}} lay away (third-person singular simple present lays away, present participle laying away, simple past and past participle laid away)
  1. (UK, transitive) To reserve (something) for the future. Tags: UK, transitive
    Sense id: en-lay_away-en-verb-LuTE-nk8 Categories (other): British English
  2. (UK, transitive) To reserve (an item for sale in a store) for future purchase. Tags: UK, transitive
    Sense id: en-lay_away-en-verb-VYUkwAag Categories (other): British English, English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "away", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 47 25 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "away": 27 51 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 54 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 59 20
  3. (transitive) To bury (someone). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Burial
    Sense id: en-lay_away-en-verb-hhfGUaVg Disambiguation of Burial: 2 2 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: layaway [noun]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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