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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

lay a trip on en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (informal) To harangue.
    • We were impressed, and too grateful to lay a trip on the woman [a museum attendant] by telling her that the writer who put Red Cloud on the map was a dyke. 1980 February 16, Nancy Walker, “You Can Go Home Again”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 29, page 13:

Forms

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laid a trip on Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
laid a trip on Tense=Past lexicographic
laying a trip on Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
lays a trip on Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic