Usually means: Criticize someone severely or harshly.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. lay into: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lay into: Merriam-Webster
  3. lay into: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lay into: Collins English Dictionary
  5. lay into: Vocabulary.com
  6. lay into: Wiktionary
  7. lay into: Dictionary.com
  8. lay into: Rhymezone
  9. lay into: FreeDictionary.org
  10. lay into: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. lay into: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lay into: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lay into: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lay into: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (lay into)

verb:  (colloquial) To beat up or launch an attack against; to strike forcefully.
verb:  (colloquial) To berate; to scold.
verb:  (colloquial) To start eating voraciously.

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