lay main
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To install a new principal pipe, usually underground.
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- Construction crews are laying a new water main downtown.
- They plan to lay a gas main to supply the new estate.
- It took weeks to lay the main beneath the busy intersection.
- Engineers must design the route before workers lay the main.
- The utility company will lay a replacement main next summer.
- Heavy machinery is required to lay such a large main.
- They had to dig a deep trench to lay the sewer main.
- The project involves laying a main across the entire district.
- Once they lay the main, the water pressure should improve.
- It is dangerous to lay a gas main without proper surveys.