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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



... and through with lime, and became as hard as a stone. You know, of course, that we have found stones on the shore which were nothing but petrified worms. Now I believe that it went the same way with the big butterfly-body. I believe that it turned where it lay into a long, narrow mountain out in ...
— The Wonderful Adventures of Nils • Selma Lagerlof

... Frank warned his comrades, "and when it comes we want to jump out to meet it. We don't want to be caught in this trench like rats in a trap. When I give the word, let them have all you've got in your guns, and then we'll lay into them with ...
— Army Boys on German Soil • Homer Randall



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