lay up with
B2 neutral inseparable transitive
In simple words
Have to stay in bed because a specific sickness or injury is keeping you there.
Literal meaning: Confined to a lying-down position because of something (an illness/injury).
Meanings
1 B2
idiomatic
neutral
To be confined to bed or forced to rest because of a particular illness or injury.
"He was laid up with a bad back for most of January and couldn't go to work."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
Almost always used in the passive: 'be laid up with'. The illness or injury follows 'with'. Common in everyday conversation about health and recovery. Used in both British and American English.
Commonly used with
flu cold back injury broken leg pneumonia virus
Forms
Base
lay up with
I/you/we/they
3rd person
lays up with
he/she/it
Past simple
laid up with
yesterday
Past participle
laid up with
have + pp
-ing form
laying up with
continuous
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