lace into
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]lace into (third-person singular simple present laces into, present participle lacing into, simple past and past participle laced into)
- (informal, transitive) To vigorously attack, either physically or verbally.
- 1963 November 22, “Nation: The Sound of Footsteps”, in Time:
- Then he laced into the Kennedy Administration, saying that the New Frontier has produced "1,026 days of wasted spending, wishful thinking, unwarranted intervention, wistful theories and waning confidence."
- 1981 Feb. 25, "Courting Destruction" (photo caption), Daytona Beach Morning Journal, p. 1B (retrieved 24 July 2011):
- A bulldozer does its dirty work Tuesday lacing into the first of several Beach Street buildings that will be rendered rubble.
- 2000 January 2, Mike Wise, “An N.B.A. Power Broker Who Lost His Power”, in New York Times, retrieved 24 July 2011:
- Rider, a renowned malcontent, laced into teammates after a loss to the Pacers on Wednesday, using an expletive-filled diatribe to vent his frustration.
- (informal, transitive, of food or beverages) To consume with gusto.
- 1988 November 28, Frank Jones, “Oprah made size 10 error backing diet”, in Toronto Star, Canada, page C1:
- Now, that doesn't mean we should all lace into the fries and gravy.
- 2006 November 26, David Shaftel, “Pork Chops He Has Known”, in New York Times, retrieved 24 July 2011:
- [G]uests laced into the feast, the star of which was communal dishes of braised pigs’ feet.
Synonyms
[edit]- (attack physically): assail, assault, light into, rip into, tear into
- (attack verbally): criticize, dress down, excoriate, light into, rebuke, reprimand, rip into, scold, tear into
- (consume with gusto): dig into, tuck into
- See also Thesaurus:reprehend