lam into

verb3

1. •
   (informal, old-fashioned) To attack physically.

   • Then I drove the whole lot forth, mother and daughter, lamming into them with fist and foot. — 1887
2. •
   (informal) To attack verbally.

   • It's all right. An Englishwoman there lammed into me last night, first about the atom bomb and then saying that I must be a fanatic. — 1954
3. •
   (informal, old-fashioned) To run into (someone); to have a chance encounter with (someone).