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"forms": [
{
"form": "laces into",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "lacing into",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "laced into",
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"participle",
"past"
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{
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"past"
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}
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},
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}
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"pos": "verb",
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1963 November 22, “Nation: The Sound of Footsteps”, in Time",
"text": "Then he laced into the Kennedy Administration, saying that the New Frontier has produced \"1,026 days of wasted spending, wishful thinking, unwarranted intervention, wistful theories and waning confidence.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1981 Feb. 25, \"Courting Destruction\" (photo caption), Daytona Beach Morning Journal, p. 1B (retrieved 24 July 2011)",
"text": "A bulldozer does its dirty work Tuesday lacing into the first of several Beach Street buildings that will be rendered rubble."
},
{
"ref": "2000 January 2, Mike Wise, “An N.B.A. Power Broker Who Lost His Power”, in New York Times, retrieved 2011-07-24",
"text": "Rider, a renowned malcontent, laced into teammates after a loss to the Pacers on Wednesday, using an expletive-filled diatribe to vent his frustration.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To vigorously attack, either physically or verbally."
],
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],
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],
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],
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]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, transitive) To vigorously attack, either physically or verbally."
],
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"sense": "attack physically",
"word": "assail"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"sense": "attack physically",
"word": "assault"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"sense": "attack physically",
"word": "light into"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"sense": "attack physically",
"word": "rip into"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"sense": "attack physically",
"word": "tear into"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"sense": "attack verbally",
"word": "criticize"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"sense": "attack verbally",
"word": "dress down"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"sense": "attack verbally",
"word": "excoriate"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"sense": "attack verbally",
"word": "light into"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"sense": "attack verbally",
"word": "rebuke"
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{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"sense": "attack verbally",
"word": "reprimand"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"sense": "attack verbally",
"word": "rip into"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"sense": "attack verbally",
"word": "scold"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"sense": "attack verbally",
"word": "tear into"
}
],
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]
},
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1988 November 28, Frank Jones, “Oprah made size 10 error backing diet”, in Toronto Star, Canada, page C1",
"text": "Now, that doesn't mean we should all lace into the fries and gravy.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2006 November 26, David Shaftel, “Pork Chops He Has Known”, in New York Times, retrieved 2011-07-24",
"text": "[G]uests laced into the feast, the star of which was communal dishes of braised pigs’ feet.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To consume with gusto."
],
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],
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],
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"(informal, transitive, of food or beverages) To consume with gusto."
],
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"of food or beverages"
],
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{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"sense": "consume with gusto",
"word": "dig into"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 99",
"sense": "consume with gusto",
"word": "tuck into"
}
],
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}
],
"word": "lace into"
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"English phrasal verbs",
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{
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"present",
"singular",
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},
{
"form": "lacing into",
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"participle",
"present"
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},
{
"form": "laced into",
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"participle",
"past"
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},
{
"form": "laced into",
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"English transitive verbs"
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{
"ref": "1963 November 22, “Nation: The Sound of Footsteps”, in Time",
"text": "Then he laced into the Kennedy Administration, saying that the New Frontier has produced \"1,026 days of wasted spending, wishful thinking, unwarranted intervention, wistful theories and waning confidence.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1981 Feb. 25, \"Courting Destruction\" (photo caption), Daytona Beach Morning Journal, p. 1B (retrieved 24 July 2011)",
"text": "A bulldozer does its dirty work Tuesday lacing into the first of several Beach Street buildings that will be rendered rubble."
},
{
"ref": "2000 January 2, Mike Wise, “An N.B.A. Power Broker Who Lost His Power”, in New York Times, retrieved 2011-07-24",
"text": "Rider, a renowned malcontent, laced into teammates after a loss to the Pacers on Wednesday, using an expletive-filled diatribe to vent his frustration.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To vigorously attack, either physically or verbally."
],
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[
"vigorous",
"vigorous"
],
[
"attack",
"attack"
],
[
"physical",
"physical"
],
[
"verbal",
"verbal"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, transitive) To vigorously attack, either physically or verbally."
],
"tags": [
"informal",
"transitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English informal terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1988 November 28, Frank Jones, “Oprah made size 10 error backing diet”, in Toronto Star, Canada, page C1",
"text": "Now, that doesn't mean we should all lace into the fries and gravy.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2006 November 26, David Shaftel, “Pork Chops He Has Known”, in New York Times, retrieved 2011-07-24",
"text": "[G]uests laced into the feast, the star of which was communal dishes of braised pigs’ feet.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To consume with gusto."
],
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[
"consume",
"consume"
],
[
"gusto",
"gusto"
]
],
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"(informal, transitive, of food or beverages) To consume with gusto."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of food or beverages"
],
"tags": [
"informal",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "attack physically",
"word": "assail"
},
{
"sense": "attack physically",
"word": "assault"
},
{
"sense": "attack physically",
"word": "light into"
},
{
"sense": "attack physically",
"word": "rip into"
},
{
"sense": "attack physically",
"word": "tear into"
},
{
"sense": "attack verbally",
"word": "criticize"
},
{
"sense": "attack verbally",
"word": "dress down"
},
{
"sense": "attack verbally",
"word": "excoriate"
},
{
"sense": "attack verbally",
"word": "light into"
},
{
"sense": "attack verbally",
"word": "rebuke"
},
{
"sense": "attack verbally",
"word": "reprimand"
},
{
"sense": "attack verbally",
"word": "rip into"
},
{
"sense": "attack verbally",
"word": "scold"
},
{
"sense": "attack verbally",
"word": "tear into"
},
{
"sense": "consume with gusto",
"word": "dig into"
},
{
"sense": "consume with gusto",
"word": "tuck into"
}
],
"word": "lace into"
}
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