lay into
Example Sentences
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Emery has needed a way with words at times, refusing to lay into his players at half-time during the abject defeat by Tottenham at the start of the month.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
But instead of continuing to lay into the Directors Guild of America members, Kimmel praised, the below-the-line workers who stood with their guilds, bringing a group onstage to be applauded.
From Salon • Mar. 11, 2024
In the third sketch, airing Dec. 10, 2011, the queen and Philip lay into Kate about not giving them a royal heir.
From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2022
That said, I still did lay into a lot of toilet paper.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2020
The worst thing was that I had no way to reach him, to lay into him and tell him what I thought.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
