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lay one's account en · VERB
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(UK, regional) To reckon with (also on or for) some future act or event; to expect, to plan (for).
The jurors must have laid their account with appearing before the Star-chamber.
1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England:But as the place of my abode was now discovered, I laid my account with having a visit from his employer: I therefore planted spies upon the road […].
1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:
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