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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a full lay" is not standard or commonly used in written English.
It may be used in specific contexts, such as discussing a complete or thorough explanation or description, but it is not widely recognized.
Example: "After the presentation, the speaker provided a full lay of the project's objectives and outcomes."
Alternatives: "a complete overview" or "a thorough explanation".
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Protestants have made educational requirements, especially study of the Bible, a basis for ordained ministry, often at the expense of a full lay involvement.
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It's one thing to be a full woman lay out in her velvet but a bone cold child.
Ten years ago, his church appealed for volunteers to go prison visiting; he was so affected by what he saw in jail that after some years he gave up his business and became a full-time lay chaplain.
But a full summer still lay ahead and I wondered where all the water to feed those thirsty crops would come from.
The Calgary Herald took up this call, going so far as to offer Aberhart a full page to lay out his approach in detail.
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She said, "Watch a fully formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking while someone says, 'We have to keep it alive to harvest its brain.' " A full blown lie, debunked multiple times.
Inside the ward, a woman writhed and groaned on the floor in a pool of bleach and bloody diarrhea, a full body bag lying next to her.
By the entrance to the community, which along with every other 'urbanization' has a full security desk, lies an empty building that was planned as a convention centre.
But given its vivid power of hydrogen bonding, water proves less flighty and fickle, with a boiling point at sea level of 212 degrees Fahrenheit, and a full 180 degrees lying between the tempest of a teapot and the tinkling of an ice cube at 32 degrees.
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