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lay claim to something
phrase
to say that you own something: 声称…归其所有
Two companies have laid claim to the design.两家公司都声称自己拥有此项设计的所有权。
He laid claim to land in Minnesota because he saw it as an opportunity.
He was trying to lay claim to the pension money he was owed.
The following year, the rebels returned and laid claim to the city.
The tribe has laid claim to the waterfront rights promised to them in earlier treaties.
See also
layverb(EXPRESS)
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