| 单词 | to light in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto light in to light in U.S. colloquial. extracted from lightv.1 intransitive. To launch a verbal or physical attack on someone. Also: to start doing something in an energetic or determined way. ΚΠ 1868 W. Sikes in Our Boys & Girls 22 Feb. 121/1 When they went over the hill a-yellin', we knowed thar was a skrimmage afoot, and we put fer it. That's how we lit in on 'em. 1878 J. H. Beadle Western Wilds xii. 187 The Irish..got wind of a free fight, and they double-quicked into town and lit in generally. 1910 Railroad Telegrapher Mar. 445/1 If all the brothers will ‘put their shoulders to the wheel’, we will roll out of the mire in short order. Don't wait upon the other fellows, just light in and get busy. 1930 Fight Stories Sept. 42/1 I was so disgusted I come near to lighting in and giving him a good cussing. 2012 Los Angeles Sentinel 12 Apr. b1 He said, ‘Why don't you try kora?’..and his sister recommended Yacouba... And Yacouba came and he lit right in. < as lemmas |
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