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lay claim to1Assert that one has a right to (something): four men laid claim to the leadership...- Four young sisters have laid claim to being Bolton's most musical family after two of them landed places in national orchestras.
- He bravely handled the pressure, stringing four flawless racks to lay claim to victory and the US $75,000 first-place check.
- Japan has laid claim to all the islands seized by Soviet troops at the end of World War II but Russia maintains the issue only involves part of them.
1.1Assert that one possesses (a skill or quality): she has never laid claim to medical knowledge...- In seeking to define himself as Australia's next leader, he lays claim to possessing a key quality he reveres.
- Other religious systems may also lay claim to some of these qualities, but not to the totality of these.
- No, he possesses the real genius that only our greatest comedians can lay claim to.
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