lay about one|lay Thành ngữ, tục ngữ
lay about one|lay
v. phr. To hit out in all directions.

Used with a reflexive object: "her", "him", or "them".
The bandits surrounded the sheriff, but he laid about him so hard, with his gun used as a club, that they stepped back and let him escape. Mrs. Franklin didn't kill the mouse, but she laid about her so hard with the broom that she scared it away.lay about one|lay
v. phr. To hit out in all directions.

Acclimated with a automatic object: "her", "him", or "them".
The bandits amidst the sheriff, but he laid about him so hard, with his gun acclimated as a club, that they stepped aback and let him escape. Mrs. Franklin didn't annihilate the mouse, but she laid about her so adamantine with the besom that she afraid it away. Dictionary