LAID DOWN Synonyms: 144 Similar and Opposite Words

laid down

verb

past tense of lay down

as in enacted

to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action the city council promises to lay down new ordinances that will force dog walkers to clean up after their animals

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as in declared

to state clearly and strongly at the risk of their popularity, the parents laid down the rules for the party and wouldn't accept any arguments

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as in specified

to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly the supervisor laid down the procedure for a complaint of sexual harassment

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as in relinquished

to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress commanded the surrounded troops to lay down their weapons

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Since Australia's law came into force, countries including Canada, Brazil and Indonesia have enacted bans too, while many other countries are studying or developing laws.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
Only a dozen other states – New Jersey, New York, Texas, Tennessee, Utah, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Georgia, Washington, Oregon, Virginia and West Virginia – have enacted their own versions.

— Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of enacted

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According to Jason Lloyd of The Athletic, the Buss family trust specified that whenever any of the siblings died, their shares would be equally disbursed among the remaining siblings.

— Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Union keeps track of zombie programs In January, Congress passed an appropriations bill, which became law, that specified funding for more than 200 projects and activities.

— Mike Stobbe, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of specified

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There have been small changes to the ownership structures of Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur in the last decade but without control ever being relinquished.

— Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
While Russia has relinquished some control of the area to China following its invasion of Ukraine, Russia still plays a key role in Chinese shipping vessels’ passage through the route.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of relinquished

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Four days later, loaded with crude oil, the Kiku passed through the Strait of Hormuz.

— David Goldman, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
The Maryland Data Privacy Act was one of several laws passed in this year's legislative session aimed at curbing federal immigration enforcement in the state.

— Dennis Valera, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of passed

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Yet the vice president asserted that Iran will feel a much greater impact.

— Zac Anderson, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
Despite missing out on the World Cup's Best Player, Mourinho asserted Real Madrid's midfield, including Tchouameni, Camavinga, and Valverde, has no deficit, even after Kroos and Modric's exits.

— Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of asserted

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And increasingly, the biggest EV factory may no longer be defined simply by the number of cars rolling off a single assembly line, but by the size of the entire industrial ecosystem built around them.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026
After all those years, the curse had finally been broken, and a franchise once defined by failure suddenly became one of baseball’s great modern success stories.

— Emile Nuh, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of defined

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ChatGPT, however, rendered the scene using sterile, abstract terminology.

— Billy J. Stratton, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026
In a Texas hospital this week, doctors performed a complex, high-risk, open-heart surgery on a 6-day-old boy born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a rare congenital condition that rendered part of his heart underdeveloped.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

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