LAY-UP Definition & Meaning

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lay-up

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[ ley-uhp ]

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noun

Basketball. a shot with one hand from a point close to the basket, in which a player shoots the ball toward the basket, often off the backboard.
the operation of assembling veneers for pressing into plywood.
the operation of applying alternate layers of material and a binder to form a bonded material.
lay ¹( def 40 ).

lay up

verb

to store or reserve for future use
informal.
usually passive to incapacitate or confine through illness

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of lay-up¹

First recorded in 1940–45; noun use of verb phrase lay up

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Idioms and Phrases

see laid up ; lay in .

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The success, clinched by Austin Reaves' lay-up with one second to go, saw the 39-year-old become the NBA's all-time leader in 25 December victories with his 11th in 19 appearances.

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The towel Murray threw landed at the heels of Davis on the baseline but the heat pack skidded across the floor just as Karl-Anthony Towns was going for a lay-up.

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James scored the historic basket with 10 minutes and 39 seconds remaining in the second quarter with a driving lay-up from the left side of the basket to give the Lakers a 37-32 lead.

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The case presented to them is a lay-up.

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Edwards put Minnesota ahead with 2:22 left, but Sharpe converted a lay-up on the other end.

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