lap

/læp/ noun [C]

Definition

BODY › Your lap is the top part of your legs when you are sitting down: Sit on my lap and I'll read you a story.

RACE › one journey around a circular race track: He's two laps behind the leaders.

(Definition of lap noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to get rid of something or someone that is not wanted or needed

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