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Lay someone up

Parf of speech: Expression, OED Year: 1927, OED Evaluation: N/A

A period during which a person or thing is (temporarily) out of employment or use, as a ship in winter

ExampleMeaning
Speaker: Oh it was interesting. Interviewer: How much trouble did you get into? Speaker: I think that- not from the school, but I- I think my bike was laid up for just night-time and weekends only.
to be out of work
Speaker: Lottie Stewart, Gender: Female, Age at interview: 41, Interview: 2007, Belleville
ExampleMeaning
Well I come swimming as often as I can. Four or five times a week. Um, I've just had two hip operations in the past year. So that sort of laid me up. I worked at a garden center every spring.
to be out of work
Speaker: Beverly Preston, Gender: Female, Age at interview: 69, Interview: 2008, Belleville
ExampleMeaning
Speaker: He got sick. Interviewer: Oh okay. Speaker: And he was laid up for a quite a while and so we had to buy the house, borrow money to buy the house. We bought it for three hundred dollars...
to be out of work
Speaker: Damian Malick, Gender: Male, Age at interview: 81, Interview: 2011, Temiskaming Shores
ExampleMeaning
Arthritis and she's ended up- she's been laid up for two-and-a-half-years from the hospital to the nursing home.
to be out of work
Speaker: Richard Boyd, Gender: Male, Age at interview: 74, Interview: 2011, Temiskaming Shores
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