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Lay into

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To beat up or launch an attack against; to strike forcefully. colloquial

    "A very spirited affair it looked with its red body and yellow wheels, bouncing about on its high C springs [...] with its four horses going full stretch and two postilions in knee-cords and top-boots laying into the horses in a lather of dust and excitement."

  2. 2
    hit violently, as in an attack wordnet
  3. 3
    To berate; to scold. colloquial
  4. 4
    To start eating voraciously. colloquial

    "I'm gonna lay into that ice cream later tonight."

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