lay up

Verb

To store; to put by.
To disable or incapacitate; to confine to bed.
To take out of active service.
To go out of active service.
To make a layup with (a basketball)
Deliberately to leave the ball further than necessary from the hole, so as to secure an easier succeeding shot.

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