lash out (at something)

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• lash out at something — lash out (at (someone/something)) to angrily criticize someone or something. The mayor often lashes out at people who don t agree with him. Usage notes: usually criticism of an opinion or statement …   New idioms dictionary

• lash out on something — ˌlash ˈout on sth derived (BrE, informal) to spend a lot of money on sth Main entry: ↑lashderived …   Useful english dictionary

• lash out at someone — lash out (at (someone/something)) to angrily criticize someone or something. The mayor often lashes out at people who don t agree with him. Usage notes: usually criticism of an opinion or statement …   New idioms dictionary

• lash out at — lash out (at (someone/something)) to angrily criticize someone or something. The mayor often lashes out at people who don t agree with him. Usage notes: usually criticism of an opinion or statement …   New idioms dictionary

• lash out — (at (someone/something)) to angrily criticize someone or something. The mayor often lashes out at people who don t agree with him. Usage notes: usually criticism of an opinion or statement …   New idioms dictionary

• lash out — verb attack in speech or writing The editors of the left leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker • Syn: ↑attack, ↑round, ↑assail, ↑snipe, ↑assault • Derivationally related forms: ↑assaultive ( …   Useful english dictionary

• lash out — phrasal verb Word forms lash out : present tense I/you/we/they lash out he/she/it lashes out present participle lashing out past tense lashed out past participle lashed out 1) [intransitive] to try to hit or attack someone suddenly and violently… …   English dictionary

• lash out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you lash out, you attempt to hit someone quickly and violently with a weapon or with your hands or feet. [V P] Riot police fired in the air and lashed out with clubs to disperse hundreds of demonstrators... [V P at n] Her… …   English dictionary

• lash out — v. attack verbally; suddenly attack a person or something …   English contemporary dictionary

• Lash — (l[a^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Lashng}.] 1. To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one. [1913 Webster] We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward. Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. To strike… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English