lay sb up
— phrasal verb with lay uk/leɪ/us/leɪ/verb laid
to force someone to stay in bed:
She's been laid up with the flu for over a week.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Being & falling ill
- ail
- be green around the gills idiom
- be laid up idiom
- be out of sorts idiom
- break
- bring
- burned out
- burnt out
- catch your death of cold idiom
- come down with sth
- declension
- food
- KO
- pick sth up
- pneumonia
- prone
- relapse
- sicken
- strike
- upset
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