lay into

lay into
verb
hit violently, as in an attack
• Syn: ↑lam into, ↑tear into, ↑lace into, ↑pitch into
• Hypernyms: ↑hit
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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The fighter managed to lay into his opponent

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1 a policeman laying into a protestor.: See assault verb sense 1.
2 he laid into her with a string of insults.: See criticize.
→ lay

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phrasal
: to pitch into : attack

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lay into
To beat thoroughly
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Main Entry: ↑lay

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ˌlay ˈinto [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they lay into he/she/it lays into present participle laying into past tense laid into past participle laid into] informal phrasal verb
to attack someone physically or with cruel words because you are angry with them

My parents really laid into me for being so late.

Thesaurus: to attack a person or objectsynonym to criticize stronglysynonym to say something, or to speak to someone in an angry waysynonym
Main entry: lay

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informal attack violently with words or blows

three youths laid into him

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lay into [phrasal verb]
lay into (someone or something) informal : to angrily attack or criticize (someone or something)

The coach really laid into us for playing so carelessly.

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Main Entry: ↑lay

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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