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laid low

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Adj.1.laid low - put out of action (by illness)
stricken
ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"


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Guenaud, on his part, preserved profound secrecy; wearied with visits and questions, he answered nothing but "his eminence is still full of youth and strength, but God wills that which He wills, and when He has decided that man is to be laid low, he will be laid low.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
At the proper season, the whole field was laid low, when a scene of hurry and confusion succeeded, to which I find it exceedingly painful to turn in memory.
Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
We instantly quitted our seats and ran to the rescue of those who but a few moments before had been in so elevated a situation as a fashionably high Phaeton, but who were now laid low and sprawling in the Dust.
Love and Friendship by Austen, Jane View in context
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