See lay into in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 16:",
"text": "A very spirited affair it looked with its red body and yellow wheels, bouncing about on its high C springs [...] with its four horses going full stretch and two postilions in knee-cords and top-boots laying into the horses in a lather of dust and excitement.",
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"ref": "2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 11:26 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 2022-10-17:",
"text": "The U.S. ships did the nautical version of someone stuck in a pub when the chairs and glass starts flying, who just looked around, shrugged their shoulders, and immediately lays into the nearest combatant.",
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"To beat up or launch an attack against; to strike forcefully."
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"(colloquial) To beat up or launch an attack against; to strike forcefully."
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"sense": "To beat up.",
"word": "te lijf gaan"
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"sense": "To beat up.",
"word": "aanvallen"
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"sense": "To beat up.",
"word": "assommer"
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"sense": "To beat up.",
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"To berate; to scold."
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"word": "uitkafferen"
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"text": "I'm gonna lay into that ice cream later tonight."
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"To start eating voraciously."
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"(colloquial) To start eating voraciously."
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"(colloquial) To berate; to scold."
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"text": "I'm gonna lay into that ice cream later tonight."
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"(colloquial) To start eating voraciously."
],
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To beat up.",
"word": "te lijf gaan"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To beat up.",
"word": "aanvallen"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To beat up.",
"word": "assommer"
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{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "To beat up.",
"word": "lange ut mot"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To berate; to scold.",
"word": "uitkafferen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "To berate; to scold.",
"word": "berispen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To berate; to scold.",
"word": "engueuler"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "To berate; to scold.",
"word": "réprimander"
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"code": "nb",
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"sense": "To berate; to scold.",
"word": "lange ut mot"
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"word": "lay into"
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