Lay Into (Verb)
Meaning
Hit violently, as in an attack.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The boxer began to lay into his opponent with a flurry of punches in the final round.
- After months of planning, the gangsters prepared to lay into the rival crew's hideout with machine guns.
- As the argument escalated, the comedian's jokes started to lay into the opposing politician's reputation.
- Witnesses reported that the group of thugs began to lay into the victim mercilessly with baseball bats.
- The detective's sharp questions started to lay into the suspect's alibi, poking holes in the story.