lay a trap for

Example Sentences

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Rich and Michonne decline to give her any aid, and Jadis is eventually forced to lay a trap for the mindless zombies that roam the trash heap.

From The Verge • Mar. 5, 2018

Ford plans to lay a trap for Falstaff by visiting him under a false name.

From The Guardian • May 16, 2013

Later Gennady explains how to lay a trap for a sable using only tree branches, find and train a good hunting dog, and store precious winter supplies out of the reach of marauding bears.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2013

Trap the racists and anti-Semites, and you lay a trap for me too.

From Slate • Jan. 9, 2011

So Thorvald had been right; they needed a Terran to broadcast—to cover their tracks here and lay a trap for the transport.

From Storm Over Warlock by Norton, Andre