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Lam into

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To run into (someone); to have a chance encounter with (someone). dated, informal
  2. 2
    hit violently, as in an attack wordnet
  3. 3
    To attack physically. dated, informal

    "Then I drove the whole lot forth, mother and daughter, lamming into them with fist and foot."

  4. 4
    To attack verbally. informal

    "But certainly those eggs we got were as fresh as if they had been new laid. Fresh! Carrying them down to the boat one of my […] chaps dropped one on a rock and it smashed. How I lammed into the beggar!"

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