lay into somebody/something
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlay into somebody/something phrasal verbATTACKCRITICIZEto attack or criticize someone or something Outside the club, two men were laying into each other. → lay→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuslay into • Greenidge soon went, leaving Richards to lay into the bowling.• The weaving yarn is laid into the stocking stitch knitted with the main yarn following a pattern.• When West Indies batted, Richards was soon laying into them, hammering a six and twenty fours in 119 not out.