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lights into

lights into is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 lights into

What is lights into the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lights into is the third-person singular simple present indicative of light into.

Words near lights into in the dictionary

  1. lights
  2. lights a fire under
  3. lights along
  4. lights at the end of the tunnel
  5. lights down
  6. lights into
  7. lights o' love
  8. lights of one's eye
  9. lights off
  10. lights on
  11. lights one's hair on fire

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