Idiom
lay store by
Meaning
Synonym of set store by.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I lay great store by my family's advice.”
“She does not lay much store by what her neighbors think of her new garden.”
“The professor did not lay much store by the student's initial hypothesis, preferring instead to rely on empirical data gathered during the long-term study.”
Examples
simple
“I lay great store by my family's advice.”
contextual
“She does not lay much store by what her neighbors think of her new garden.”
complex
“The professor did not lay much store by the student's initial hypothesis, preferring instead to rely on empirical data gathered during the long-term study.”
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