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Lucas21c Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

'lay matter bofore'

I couldn't get the meaning of the underlined part in the following sentence exactly.
Could you paraphrase them for me to understand?
Thank you.

Let me tell you that if the contract is not copied before this evening I'll lay the matter before him.
  

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lay the matter = present the case for him to examine/consider

  • lay the matter = present the case for him to examine/consider
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lay the matter = present the case for him to examine/consider

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