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well-laid (comparative better-laid, superlative best-laid)

  1. Firmly and properly laid.
    • 2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk”, in Rail, page 67:
      Add the government's ruthless determination to force the elimination of duplicate routes (often losing well-laid track for inferior lines with an unsuitably low axle loading or weak bridges), and it is easy to understand why confidence to compete was lacking.
  2. (of a plan, scheme etc.) Formulated carefully or meticulously.

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