Question

The police urged the gunman to lay down his weapon.

Accepted Answer

To give uphttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/give_up, surrenderhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/surrender, or yieldhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yield (e.g.https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground.

Sentence	The police urged the gunman to lay down his weapon.
Definition	To give up https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/give_up , surrender https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/surrender , or yield https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yield ( e.g. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground.

Police Urged Gunman Lay Weapon Placing Ground