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Phrase(s): lay something up
1. to acquire and store something. • Try to lay as much of it up as you can. • I am trying to lay up some firewood for the winter. 2. [for something] to disable something. • The accident laid up the ship for repairs. • A wreck laid the bus up for months., Phrase(s): lay someone up
to cause someone to be ill in bed. • A broken leg laid me up for two months. • Flu laid up everyone at work for a week or more.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs