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I'm reading manga and as these adventurers charge towards a lion-like beast in
hopes of capturing it, they yell out:

畳【たた】み掛【か】けるぞ！

Now, according to multiple different dictionaries, this phrase means "to press
for an answer" but context-wise this makes no sense since the beast can't
talk. Is there some sort of less common meaning for this phrase or is it a pun
that I don't get or something?
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Weird battle cry in manga
That is actually a very common battle cry; It is not weird at all.

It means " ** _Attack in waves!_** " and it is very often used in sports (and
games) as well.

There is no pun involved here, either.

The meaning you found in the dictionary is for the **_verbal_** kind of 畳み掛け
whereas the usage you found in your manga is of the **_physical_** kind.
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I will add another answer, because the first answer does not use any sources.
Which are of course vital and might help you in knowing multiple sites for
research later on in your japanese learning quest.

Based on [this (with many useful similar expressions which might be more
familiar)](http://thesaurus.weblio.jp/content/%E7%95%B3%E3%81%BF%E6%8E%9B%E3%81%91%E3%82%8B),
[this](http://www.weblio.jp/content/%E7%95%B3%E3%81%BF%E6%8E%9B%E3%81%91%E3%82%8B)
or
[this](https://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1412527559).
I would rather say that it means something like **relentlessly attack** (which
is synonymous to attacking in waves as I just found out).

Just to translate two definitions brought up in the above links:

>
> [逃げている状態の相手にさらに攻撃を加えるさま](http://thesaurus.weblio.jp/content/%E7%95%B3%E3%81%BF%E6%8E%9B%E3%81%91%E3%82%8B)
> - keep attacking a fleeing adversary
>
>
> [相手に余裕を与えないように，続けざまに働きかける](http://www.weblio.jp/content/%E7%95%B3%E3%81%BF%E6%8E%9B%E3%81%91%E3%82%8B)
> - continuously attacking (/working on) your opponent without giving him any
> breathing room

The final link explains the imagery of 畳み掛ける, which is close to the first
answer. It explains that it means _attacking in waves_ in the sense that it is
not just one attack but something that continuously happens, like waves one
folded over the other. Since, as you noticed, 畳み掛ける is not necessarily
something related to attacking in the most literal sense.
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Adding to other answers, 畳み掛ける is used when something is coming from/going to
in various angles, a multifaceted way. When you are working, you might be
besieged by a variety of things(checking e-mail, making an appointment,
depositing money, writing code and so on.)

When you are trying to offend an opponent in a boxing, you are using a lot of
combination(jab, faint, straight, uppercut, hook and so on) so that opponent
can not escape.
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