echar la ley in Spanish

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        "to lay down the law"
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        "(idiomatic) to lay down the law"
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  "word": "echar la ley"
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      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "verb"
      },
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      "name": "head"
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish idioms",
        "Spanish lemmas",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lay down the law"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lay down the law",
          "lay down the law"
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        "(idiomatic) to lay down the law"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "echar la ley"
}

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"echar la ley" meaning in Spanish

Verb