"lay into" meaning in All languages combined

See lay into on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: lays into [present, singular, third-person], laying into [participle, present], laid into [participle, past], laid into [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lay<,,laid> into}} lay into (third-person singular simple present lays into, present participle laying into, simple past and past participle laid into)
  1. (colloquial) To beat up or launch an attack against. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Violence Translations (To beat up.): te lijf gaan (Dutch), aanvallen (Dutch), assommer (French), lange ut mot (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-lay_into-en-verb-lHv37N59 Disambiguation of Violence: 65 35 Disambiguation of 'To beat up.': 95 5
  2. (colloquial) To berate; to scold. Tags: colloquial Translations (To berate; to scold.): uitkafferen (Dutch), berispen (Dutch), engueuler (French), réprimander (French), lange ut mot (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-lay_into-en-verb-YH8MU4J- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (into), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 74 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (into): 35 65 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 41 59 Disambiguation of 'To berate; to scold.': 4 96

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for lay into meaning in All languages combined (3.3kB)

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