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

Al Franken: I didn’t lay a trap for him.

From Slate • Jun. 13, 2017

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

From The Guardian • May 16, 2013

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

From Slate • Jan. 9, 2011

“Yes, sir, they climb anything; but I have got his tracks, and this night I think that I shall get hold of him, for I shall lay a trap for him.”

From The Settlers in Canada by Marryat, Frederick