lay low
Verb

lay low

  1. (transitive, informal) To topple or overcome; to cause to fall; (of a person) to knock out.
    He was laid low by a vicious blow to the head.
    • 1937, J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
      The dragon's ire, more fierce than fire, laid low their towers and houses frail.
  2. simple past tense of lie low
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