lägga ner

• lägga ned

lägga ner (present lägger ner, preterite lade, la ner, supine lagt ner, imperative lägg ner)

1. to place lying (to lay) down somewhere

   Hon lade ner handdukarna på golvet

   She put the towels down on the floor ("Hon lade handdukarna på golvet" is equivalent)

2. to put (into a bag, in a pocket, or in a box of some kind)

   Han lade ner böckerna i väskan

   He put the books into the bag

   Synonyms: lägga, stoppa, stoppa ner

3. to close down, to discontinue; to end (a business, government agency, project, or other enterprise)

   Företaget lades ner efter ett katastrofalt år

   The company was closed down after a catastrophic year

   Hon funderade på att lägga ner gitarrprojektet

   She was thinking of abandoning her guitar project

   Synonyms: (mostly businesses) slå igen, (mostly businesses) ta ner skylten (“take down the sign”)

4. (usually with på) to expend (some resource, like money or time or energy, towards some goal)

   Jag har lagt ner mycket tid på projektet ― I have spent a lot of time on the project

   Synonyms: lägga, (mostly about money) spendera

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