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Discover LudwigThe phrase "laying into" is correct and usable in written English.
It is often used as a colloquial expression to describe someone harshly criticizing or verbally attacking someone or something. Example: The teacher was laying into the student for not completing their homework assignment.
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laying into
verb
Present participle of lay into
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(Laying into the Conservatives after Black Wednesday).
O.K., I am laying into on bit thick.
I was going to say, "of laying into Amazon recently".
He drinks to excess and then sweats the toxins away by laying into his punch bag.
Mr Farage also had his moments, again, mainly when laying into Mr Miliband.
Mr. Allison worked assertively on that tune, laying into its tonal center with palpable force.
The drivers of Columbia obliged, laying into their horns as they circled the statehouse.
He is the energy spokesman, and at the moment he is laying into windfarms.
Edith Wharton rose to prominence through laying into Victorian suppositions in The House of Mirth.
He carried on wrestling with relativity theory, but also started laying into the apartheid regime.
MICHAELS: She's touched down, and now she's laying into the carcass flesh.
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