"lay behind" meaning in English

See lay behind in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: lays behind [present, singular, third-person], laying behind [participle, present], laid behind [participle, past], laid behind [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lay<,,laid> behind}} lay behind (third-person singular simple present lays behind, present participle laying behind, simple past and past participle laid behind)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lay, behind.
    Sense id: en-lay_behind-en-verb-1-KCg2y5
  2. Nonstandard form of lie behind. Tags: alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: lie behind
    Sense id: en-lay_behind-en-verb-zzQSBuK2

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} lay behind
  1. simple past of lie behind Tags: form-of, past Form of: lie behind
    Sense id: en-lay_behind-en-verb-v9LSWDnv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (behind) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 10 85 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (behind): 17 28 55

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for lay behind meaning in English (1.7kB)

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