Definition of lay into
lay into
verb
- to eat voraciously.
- See more words with the same meaning: to eat, drink.
Last edited on Sep 09 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.
- to attack physically.
- See more words with the same meaning: to attack, to fight.
Last edited on Sep 09 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.
- to attack verbally.
My husband laid into the contractors about all the time they've been wasting.
- See more words with the same meaning: to insult, complain, criticize.
Last edited on May 02 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 09 2009.
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Other terms relating to 'to attack, to fight': | |
| Definitions include: to severely beat up or injure. | |
| Definitions include: to fight. | |
| Definitions include: to physically beat. | |
| Definitions include: to perpetrate acts of premeditated violence. | |
| Definitions include: a fight or severe beating. | |
| Definitions include: to punch or attack, typically with no prior warning. Also stole on. | |
| Definitions include: to beat up. | |
| Definitions include: to defeat. | |
| Definitions include: to break or ruin. | |
| Definitions include: a disagreement or fight. | |
| Definitions include: to lie to. | |
| Definitions include: to attack, beat up. | |
| Definitions include: the police. | |
| Definitions include: to pretend to be someone else. | |
| Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool"; "awesome". | |
Other terms relating to 'to eat, drink': | |
| Definitions include: to eat all the food on one's plate. | |
| Definitions include: to eat voraciously. | |
| Definitions include: to eat. | |
| Definitions include: messy, trashy, or dilapidated. | |
| Definitions include: to gorge on unhealthy food. | |
| Definitions include: to expel liquid (or, more rarely, food) out one's nose by laughing in the middle of a swallow. | |
| Definitions include: to drink. | |
| Definitions include: to consume. | |
| Definitions include: eating quickly and greedily. | |
| Definitions include: to consume. | |
| Definitions include: to eat. | |
| Definitions include: to eat a meal; go get something to eat. | |
| Definitions include: down the hatch, i.e. down one's throat. | |
| Definitions include: a successful thing, especially a movie. | |
| Definitions include: to attempt to attract; "hit on". | |
Other terms relating to 'to insult, complain, criticize': | |
| Definitions include: misspelling / alternate spelling of flak. | |
| Definitions include: the noun senses of "crap" are mostly a subset of the uses of "shit." | |
| Definitions include: to criticize. | |
| Definitions include: to impregnate. | |
| Definitions include: to focus negative attention on a person, e.g. by insulting, berating, or generally harassing someone. | |
| Definitions include: a "compliment" with a buried insult. | |
| Definitions include: to insult for fun; "make fun of". | |
| Definitions include: a disrespectful, rude, or otherwise unpleasant person. | |
| Definitions include: to criticize. | |
| Definitions include: to say unkind things. | |
| Definitions include: a friend. | |
| Definitions include: to criticize. | |
| Definitions include: an acronym has been invented for "bitch," far after the term entered use: "Beautiful Intellectuals That Cause Hard-ons." | |
| Definitions include: to flatulate. | |
| Definitions include: to destroy. | |
Slang terms with the same root words
Other terms relating to 'into': | |
| Definitions include: to enter suddenly and uninvitedly. | |
| Definitions include: to physically beat someone causing extensive injury. | |
| Definitions include: to see someone, in an unplanned way. | |
| Definitions include: to reach a point in one's development where one's comfortable with one's self. | |
| Definitions include: to have sex with someone. | |
| Definitions include: to consume. | |
| Definitions include: interested in. | |
| Definitions include: to verbally attack. | |
| Definitions include: angry, looks bad, pissed, annoyed, unusual looking. | |
| Definitions include: connected to a social scene, source of knowledge, etc. | |
| Definitions include: of a drunk person, to put. | |
| Definitions include: to come into close contact with someone, in an unplanned way. | |
| Definitions include: to cause to fail. | |
| Definitions include: to quickly start performing necessary activities. | |
| Definitions include: to aggressively start consuming. | |
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Other terms relating to 'lay': | |
| Definitions include: relaxed and comfortable. | |
| Definitions include: v. to defecate. | |
| Definitions include: To defecate a large amount. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate. | |
| Definitions include: to enforce the rules. | |
| Definitions include: to defecate. | |
| Definitions include: to exaggerate. | |
| Definitions include: to reveal the truth. | |
| Definitions include: to exaggerate. | |
| Definitions include: to reveal the truth. | |
| Definitions include: to hide. | |
| Definitions include: to stop consuming. | |
| Definitions include: to flatulate. | |
| Definitions include: to tell. | |
| Definitions include: to find. | |
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