lay away

[lay away] {v.}

1. To save.

* /She laid a little of her pay away each week./

2. To bury (a person). — Used to avoid the word "bury", which some people think is unpleasant.

* /He was laid away in his favorite spot on the hill./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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