Synonyms and Antonyms of sails into
1
to criticize harshly and usually publicly
- The customer sailed into the server when the food came out wong.
abuses, assails, attacks, bashes, belabors, blasts, castigates, excoriates, jumps (on), lambastes (or lambasts), potshots, savages, scathes, slams, trashes, vituperates
berates, harangues, harasses, harries, reviles, scolds, whips
blasphemes, curses, execrates, imprecates, profanes
affronts, insults, slurs
asperses, bad-mouths, belittles, blackguards, disparages, puts down
libels, slanders, traduces, vilifies
chastises, chides, criticizes, laces (into), rebukes, reprimands
fulminates, lashes (out)
2
to start work on energetically
- The students sailed into the new assignment right away.
addresses, approaches, faces
buckles (down to), concentrates (on), focuses (on) (or focusses (on)), knuckles down (to), zeroes (in on)
falls (to), pitches in, plunges (in), settles (down)
pursues, takes up, undertakes
avoids, evades, shuns
dallies, dawdles, dillydallies, fiddles (around), fools, idles, lags, messes, monkeys (around), plays, pokes, potters (around), putters (around), trifles
