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Phrase(s): lash into someone or an animal
to attack someone or an animal— physically or verbally. • Dad lashed into my brother, who had smashed up the car again. • Walter lashed into the cat for tearing the upholstery., Phrase(s): lash into something
to begin to eat something with vigor. • Mary lashed into the huge ice cream sundae, and ate almost the whole thing. • The workers lashed into their lunches and did not say a word until they had finished.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs