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HUBLOT Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Lay up

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(From the book titled "In Search of Tiger: All About 115 Great Neighborhoods In & Around New York")

Could you tell me what "lay up" means? Is the phrase "lay up" used intransitively in the book?
  

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This "lay up" is golfing term: Hit the ball deliberately to a lesser distance than possible, typically in order to avoid a hazard. com/us/definition/american_english/lay-up ) It is an intransitive phrasal verb

— GPY

  • This "lay up" is golfing term: Hit the ball deliberately to a lesser distance than possible, typically in order to avoid a hazard.
  • com/us/definition/american_english/lay-up ) It is an intransitive phrasal verb
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This "lay up" is golfing term:

Hit the ball deliberately to a lesser distance than possible, typically in order to avoid a hazard.

(http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/lay-up)

It is an intransitive phrasal verb
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Thank you for your reply, GPY.
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Is laying up correct?

Thanks.
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tamguatlayIs laying up correct?
Yes. It is just the "-ing" form of "lay up".
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