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lighting into

lighting into is the present participle and gerund of light into.

Meaning of light into

Verb

light into (third-person singular simple present lights into, present participle lighting into, simple past and past participle lit into or lighted into)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To set upon or attack.
    • [H]e lit into that horse with his whip.1885, Mark Twain, chapter 22, in Huckleberry Finn

Questions about lighting into

What is lighting into the present participle and gerund of?
Lighting into is the present participle and gerund of light into.

Words near lighting into in the dictionary

  1. lighting
  2. lighting a fire under
  3. lighting along
  4. lighting down
  5. lighting engineer
  6. lighting into
  7. lighting off
  8. lighting on
  9. lighting one's hair on fire
  10. lighting out
  11. lighting rig

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