lays up
Saves for later
Lays up means to store or set aside for future use: She lays up provisions for winter.
In basketball, a layup is a close-range shot where the player lays the ball up against the backboard.
To be laid up is to be confined by illness or injury: He's been laid up with the flu all week.
In nautical use, to lay up a boat is to take it out of service for storage or repair.
- hoardsHidden valuable caches
- squirrels awayHides for future use
- preparesMakes ready beforehand
- stockpilesAccumulated reserves kept ready
- puts awayReturns something to storage
sets aside · caches · incapacitated · convalescing · on the mend · accumulates · bedridden · under the weather · quarantined · stashes · stores · rainy day fund · docking · mooring · warehouses · recovering · sidelined · out of action
lays upgoes for it
Attempts despite risk
attacks · takes a risk · gambles · charges
lays updeploys
Positions for use
commissions · launches · activates · sets sail · puts to sea
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