View synonyms for laid up

laid up

Put in a safe place, as in The ship was laid up in dock with engine trouble , or The hikers were laid up in a cave during the storm . [Mid-1600s] Also see under lay in ; lay someone low .
Also, sick in bed . Ill and confined to bed, as in I was laid up for a week with the flu , or Sally can't come outside; she's sick in bed . [Mid-1500s]

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I wish we were at home, and I was comfortably laid up in our damp garret, with a fine twinging fit of the rheumatism.

And because he considered that they who had fallen asleep with godliness, had great grace laid up for them.

I am laid up with a very painful fit of the gout in both my feet.

I feel it more or less myself, and I understand that two or three of the big party are fairly laid up with it.

We laid up for the day on a towhead tolerable close to the left-hand bank.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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