lay down law (verb) command: demand
Detalii: an order is being told to do something with no specific guidelines, a command is being told to do something in a specific way, and a directive is being told to do something and getting this information through channels
Sinonime: abeyant, asleep, closed down, comatose,
down, fallow, hibernating,
inert, inoperative,
latent,
lethargic, lurking, on the shelf, out of action,
passive,
potential, prepatent,
quiescent, sidelined,
slack,
sluggish, slumbering, smoldering, suspended,
torpidAntonime: active,
lively