drop into

present singular third person drops into · participle present dropping into · participle past dropped into · past dropped into

1. archaicslangSynonym of lay into (“beat up or attack”).

   The reins were evidently useless, and it was a matter for the whip, whether I could hit hard enough. […] However, I dropped into him with such effect that he became in as great a hurry to cross the road as the proverbial duck before thunder.

   1891, Edward Corbett, An Old Coachman's Chatter, page 268

   Synonyms: lay into

2. UKinformalTo visit.
3. informalTo thrust (someone) into a situation.

   He dropped me into a gang shootout.