Definition of Lay into

1. Verb. Hit violently, as in an attack. "The fighter managed to lay into his opponent"

Exact synonyms: Lace Into, Lam Into, Pitch Into, Tear Into
Generic synonyms: Hit

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

lay bare one's soul
lay brother
lay by
lay claim
lay day
lay days
lay down
lay down one's flag
lay down the law
lay down the marker
lay eyes on
lay figure
lay hands on
lay hold of
lay in
lay into (current term)
lay it on thick
lay low
lay of the land
lay off
lay on
lay on the line
lay one's cards on the table
lay open
lay out
lay over
lay person
lay preacher
lay preachers
lay reader

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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