Laid Low (Adjective)
Meaning
Put out of action (by illness).
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- A brutal attack on several paramilitary volunteers fighting for the Union laid low several generations of high-ranking officers.
- He was laid low with a bad influenza during winter season.
- At the age of thirty-two Lenn was laid low by debilitating symptoms of a lingering disease.
- Influenza laid low a bunch of colleagues at the end of last year.
- Sporadic attacks of some sort of allergic reaction laid him low and left him faint and panting miserably for air.