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lay siege to

lay siege to
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ley seej too]
    • /leɪ sidʒ tu/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ley seej too]
    • /leɪ sidʒ tu/

Definitions of lay siege to words

  • verbal expression lay siege to attack 1
  • noun lay siege to to besiege (a city, etc) 0
  • noun lay siege to to besiege 0
  • noun lay siege to to subject to a siege; attempt to win, gain, overcome, etc. 0
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Parts of speech for Lay siege to

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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lay siege to popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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