lay down one's arms

English

Alternative forms

• lay down arms

Verb

lay down one's arms (third-person singular simple present lays down one's arms, present participle laying down one's arms, simple past and past participle laid down one's arms)

1. To discard one's weapons and cease fighting.

   Synonym: lay down one's weapons

   Antonym: take up arms

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: luopua aseista
• French: déposer les armes (fr)
• Hungarian: leteszi a fegyvert
• Polish: składać broń impf, złożyć broń pf
• Ukrainian: складати зброю impf (skladaty zbroju), скласти зброю pf (sklasty zbroju)

Further reading

• “lay down one’s arms”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “lay down your arms”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “lay down your arms” (US) / “lay down your arms” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “lay down one's arms”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.