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Lay into   /leɪ ɪntˈu/   Listen
Lay into

verb
1.
Hit violently, as in an attack.  Synonyms: lace into, lam into, pitch into, tear into.






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"Lay into" Quotes from Famous Books



... trouble in consequence of that terrible mistake of Packer's, that the poor old Marquis was unable to defend himself from the necessity of yielding. On that day, before he left his son at Westminster, when their roads lay into the different council-chambers of the state, he had prayed hard that the oil might not be very oily. But his son would not bate him an inch ...
— The Vicar of Bullhampton • Anthony Trollope



Words linked to "Lay into" :   pitch into, hit, lam into



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