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View synonyms for set upon

set upon

verb

  1. intr, preposition to attack

    three thugs set upon him

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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He told the BBC how he was set upon when his team tried to investigate votes being falsified by Georgian Dream officials.

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Bristol Crown Court heard how the close friends were then set upon by four teenage boys, armed with "fearsome weapons", in a case of mistaken identity.

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He now surpasses domestic level and plans to set upon a path towards world level.

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He had travelled to Wolverhampton with friends on 13 November and was set upon in an unprovoked attack on Stowlawn playing fields in East Park.

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Among those who arrived by boat was one asylum seeker from Egypt, who was inside the Royal Hotel in Hull when it was set upon by rioters.

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