lay+down+the+law
11Lay Down the Law (Keel album) — Infobox Album | Name = Lay Down the Law Type = studio Artist = Keel Genre = Glam metal Released = 1984 Label = Shrapnel Last album This album = Lay Down the Law (1984) Next album = The Right to Rock (March 26, 1985)This was the debut album by the …
12lay down the law — {v. phr.} 1. To give strict orders. * /The teacher lays down the law about homework every afternoon./ 2. To speak severely or seriously about a wrongdoing; scold. * /The principal called in the students and laid down the law to them about… …
13lay down the law — {v. phr.} 1. To give strict orders. * /The teacher lays down the law about homework every afternoon./ 2. To speak severely or seriously about a wrongdoing; scold. * /The principal called in the students and laid down the law to them about… …
14lay\ down\ the\ law — v. phr. 1. To give strict orders. The teacher lays down the law about homework every afternoon. 2. To speak severely or seriously about a wrongdoing; scold. The principal called in the students and laid down the law to them about skipping classes …
15lay down the law — to tell people what they must do, without caring about their opinions. I m not going to let some new guy come into my office and start laying down the law. Riley laid down the law, telling his players, “We re going to play the game my way.”… …
16Lay down the law — If someone lays down the law, they tell people what to do and are authoritarian …
17lay down the law — verb a) To promulgate law. b) To present the law that applies to a given case …
18lay down the law — Synonyms and related words: be responsible for, bestride, call the signals, captain, carry on, command, conduct, control, dictate, direct, dogmatize, dominate, engineer, govern, handle, have the ascendancy, head, head up, lead, lead on, make the… …
19lay down the law — v. speak with authority …
20lay down the law — issue instructions in an authoritative or dogmatic way. → lavish something on …