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Definition of Lay into
1. Verb. Hit violently, as in an attack. "The fighter managed to lay into his opponent"
Definition of Lay into
1. Verb. (colloquial) To beat up. ¹
2. Verb. (colloquial) To berate; to scold. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lay Into
Literary usage of Lay into
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Buik of the Croniclis of Scotland: Or, A Metrical Version of the History by Hector Boece, William Stewart (1858)
"... Wes nane micht caus him for to tak confort, For ony way that tyme that culd
be wrocht, 42020 Thair deid so soir it lay into his thocht. ..."
2. Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and by Robert Chambers (1876)
"Two roads still lay into England, and till they had chosen that which Wade had
not taken, no army was thought of being sent to secure the other. ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"(i) to work with a will. " Now then, lay into it," means, " work as hard as you
can." (2) to beat. " lay into him," ie, " Give him a good threshing. ..."
4. The Hand Book of Standard Or American Phonography by Andrew Jackson Graham (1902)
"In his writing Ef will How, as it were, into Kay, Tee into Ef, lay into Ar, and
lay into the downstrokes Es and Ish. The correct mode of making these ..."
5. A Glossary of Words Used in the County of Chester by Robert Holland (1886)
"(i) to work with a will. " Now then, lay into it," means, " work as hard as you
can." (2) to beat. " lay into him," ,i.«., " Give him a good threshing. ..."
6. Mrs. Putnam's Receipt Book: And Young Housekeeper's Assistant by Elizabeth H. Putnam (1869)
"If a little spoiled, lay into a pan; turn over it some good vinegar, ... Let it
lay one hour ; then wash it out of this ; lay into cold water for one hour ..."
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