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单词 lay down the law
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Synonyms of 'lay down the law'

be dogmatic, call the shots, pontificate, rule the roost
More Synonyms of lay down the law
(idiom) 
traditional parents who believed in laying down the law for their offspring
Synonyms
be dogmatic
call the shots (informal)
pontificate
Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards.
rule the roost
crack the whip
boss around
dogmatize
order about or around
See law

Additional synonyms

in the sense of pontificate
Definition
to speak in a dogmatic manner
Politicians like to pontificate about falling standards.
Synonyms
expound,
preach,
sound off,
pronounce,
declaim,
lay down the law,
hold forth,
dogmatize,
pontify

Nearby words of
lay down the law

  • laxity
  • lay
  • lay at someone's door or lay at the door of someone
  • lay down the law
  • lay hands on someone
  • lay hands on something
  • lay hold of something or someone

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