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Meanings of lay into in English

Hit violently, as in an attack.

Usage of lay into in English
1
The front line of Surakan ships continued to lay into the cruiser.
Envoy
2
Don't think I didn't lay into him after he left you.
A taste of magic
3
Should he lay into me, or drink a beer with me?
Self's punishment
4
Molière introduced a couplet of this lay into his Alceste.
Cliff Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe
5
I looked back to see a team of cops lay into her with batons.
Crooked little vein
6
The blazing doors had turned the straw on which they lay into a prairie fire.
With the Allies
7
I waited for Macon to lay into Marian, too, but he didn't say a word.
Beautiful creatures
8
I leave a parking lot in the outskirts of L.A. and lay into the throttle.
Wired
9
We were ready to lay into them but again the judge would not have it.
Blood Meridian
10
They're always heroes, every time they lay into us.'
Melnitz
11
Bonnie held up a hand to quiet Armen before he could lay into Keene again.
The witch of agnesi
12
On the other side of the debate are others who can't wait to lay into him.
The Guardian
13
He lay into your kid brother or something?
James Potter and the Vault of Destinies
14
I believe that it turned where it lay into a long, narrow mountain out in the East sea.
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
15
By the end, on the rare occasions Benítez was mentioned at all, it was to lay into him.
The Guardian
16
And did you have to lay into her quite so hard over chalk seventeen having their shots delayed?
Countdown: The Liberators-ARC
This collocation consists of:
Lay into through the time
Lay into across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common