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lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line;
"lay out the clothes"
"lay out the arguments"
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get ready for a particular purpose or event;
"set up an experiment"
"set the table"
"lay out the tools for the surgery"
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spend or invest;
"lay out thousands on gold"
"he laid out a fortune in the hope of making a huge profit"
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bring forward and present to the mind;
"We presented the arguments to him"
"We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"
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provide a detailed plan or design;
"She laid out her plans for the new house"