lay up

/leɪ əp/
/leɪ əp/
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Other forms: laying up; lays up

Definitions of lay up
  1. verb
    disable or confine, as with an illness
    “She was laid up with pneumonia for six weeks”
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    type of:
    disable, disenable, incapacitate
    make unable to perform a certain action
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