lay into
Upper Intermediate (B2)informal
Hit someone hard, or say very angry and mean things to them.
"Three men laid into him before bystanders managed to pull them apart."
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Lay into him.
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of lay into the old self-esteem movement.
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Ma's going to lay into me for intervening,
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Before I could lay into him, he pointed out my mistake.
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I'm waiting for him to just like lay into me.