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View synonyms for lay into
lay into
verb
to attack forcefully
to berate severely
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Idioms and Phrases
Attack physically, The boys ganged up and laid into Bobby .
Scold vigorously, as in The teacher laid into her aide when she learned he had left the children alone in the schoolyard . [Early 1800s] Also see pitch into .
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