lay down (v.)

• abdicate
• abjure
• advance
• affirm
• align
• allege
• announce
• annunciate
• ante
• appoint
• argue
• assert
• asseverate
• authorize
• aver
• avouch
• avow
• back
• bank
• bet
• cache
• call
• cant
• careen
• cease
• cede
• contend
• cover
• declare
• demand
• deposit
• desquamate
• dictate
• drop
• enunciate
• equalize
• even
• exfoliate
• express
• fade
• fell
• file
• flake
• flatten
• flush
• forgo
• forswear
• gamble
• grade
• have
• hazard
• heel
• hold
• impose
• insist
• laminate
• lay
• layer
• level
• list
• lodge
• maintain
• parlay
• pass
• plunge
• pose
• posit
• postulate
• predicate
• prescribe
• proclaim
• profess
• pronounce
• propose
• propound
• protest
• punt
• put
• rase
• raze
• relinquish
• renounce
• repose
• reposit
• require
• resign
• rest
• roll
• say
• scale
• see
• set
• smooth
• smoothen
• speak
• stake
• stash
• state
• steamroll
• steamroller
• store
• stow
• stratify
• submit
• surrender
• tip
• wager
• waive
• warehouse
• yield