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lay-up

layup

US/ˈleɪˈʌp/ uncommon

noun

1.

a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)

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verb

1.

disable or confine, as with an illness

  • “She was laid up with pneumonia for six weeks”
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