"lay for" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lays for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laying for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laid for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laid for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lay<,,laid> for"
      },
      "expansion": "lay for (third-person singular simple present lays for, present participle laying for, simple past and past participle laid for)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"for\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The sheriff's department sent some officers to lay for him.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wait (for someone) in order to surprise or attack them."
      ],
      "id": "en-lay_for-en-verb-VJ1PE3do",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, transitive) To wait (for someone) in order to surprise or attack them."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lay for"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lays for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laying for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laid for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laid for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lay<,,laid> for"
      },
      "expansion": "lay for (third-person singular simple present lays for, present participle laying for, simple past and past participle laid for)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"for\"",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The sheriff's department sent some officers to lay for him.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wait (for someone) in order to surprise or attack them."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, transitive) To wait (for someone) in order to surprise or attack them."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lay for"
}