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Lace into   Listen
verb
lace into  v. t.  To attack vigorously; used of physical or verbal attacks; as, the boss laced into him for coming to the meeting late.





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"Lace into" Quotes from Famous Books



... up the sublime to express the ridiculous? Why be only noticeable from the force of your language as compared with the feebleness of what you have to say? Why chain Pegasus to an ox cart, or make your Valenciennes lace into horse blankets? If the noble tools did the ignoble work any better, it might be some satisfaction; but cutting blocks with a razor is proverbially unprofitable, and a million-magnifying microscope does not help a bit to tell the time by the City Hall clock. And again: the beggar ...
— The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various


Words linked to "Lace into" :   lam into, tear into, hit


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