Usually means: Produce an egg; fail spectacularly.
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  1. lay an egg: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lay an egg: Merriam-Webster
  3. lay an egg: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lay an egg: Collins English Dictionary
  5. lay an egg: Wiktionary
  6. lay an egg: Dictionary.com
  7. lay an egg: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. lay an egg: Idioms

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  1. lay an egg: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (lay an egg)

verb:  (of a bird or other egg-creating animal) To produce an egg.
verb:  (idiomatic, of a person, organization, etc.) To produce a failure or flop; to do something which is unsuccessful.

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