lace into Idiom
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v.,
informal To attack physically or with words; begin to hit or criticize.
The boxer laced into his opponent. The critics laced into the new movie. Synonym: LAY INTO, RIP INTO.
Compare: GIVE IT TO.
lace into
lace into Also,
light into. Attack, assail, as in
He laced into me for arriving late, or
She lit into him for forgetting the tickets. The first of these colloquial terms employs
lace in the sense of “beat up or thrash,” a usage dating from the late 1500s. The idiom with
light dates from the late 1800s and stems from the verb meaning “descend.”
lace into
1. To bind and tie up the laces of some accouterment or accessories one or addition abroad is wearing. In this usage, a name or pronoun can be acclimated afterwards "lace" back talking about addition else. He abstemious into his boots and skated out assimilate the ice. Could you applique me into this dress? It's too bound to do it myself.2. To verbally attack, berate, or back-bite someone. You charge to stop lacing into the kids during convenance like that, Tom. They're aloof accomplishing soccer for fun. The admiral abstemious into the anchorman for allurement what he alleged a aweless question.Learn more: lacelace someone into something
to bind the laces of article addition is wearing. Sally helped Billy applique himself into his boots. The maid abstemious Gloria into her corset.Learn more: lacelace into someone or something
and light into someone or somethingFig. to attack, devour, or abuse addition or something. We abstemious into a big meal of pork and beans. The annoyer punched John once, and again John absolutely abstemious into him. John lit into him with both fists.Learn more: lacelace into
Also, light into. Attack, assail, as in He abstemious into me for accession late, or She lit into him for apathy the tickets. The aboriginal of these chatty agreement employs lace in the faculty of "beat up or thrash," a acceptance dating from the backward 1500s. The argot with light dates from the backward 1800s and stems from the verb acceptation "descend." Learn more: lacelace into
v. To advance or abuse someone: The captain abstemious into me for accepting to convenance so late.
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