lay low

[lay low] {v.}

1. To knock down; to force into a lying position; to put out of action.

* /Many trees were laid low by the storm./

* /Jane was laid low by the flu./

2. To kill.

* /The hunters laid low seven pheasants./

3. See: LIE LOW.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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