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set upon
verb
- intr, preposition to attack
three thugs set upon him
Idioms and Phrases
see set on .Example Sentences
The men were the only ones to intervene in July 2021, when Samuel Luiz was set upon by a group of men and kicked and punched outside a nightclub in the north-western city.
Mr Bringye, 37, was set upon by a group of teenagers on a crime spree, who booked the cab with the sole intention of robbing the driver.
So it’s worth remembering how on that “day of love,†as Trump has described it, police were set upon by thugs wielding baseball bats, flagpoles, tasers, pepper spray and iron pipes.
When they arrived they were set upon by the gang, who sought to steal money, vehicles, house keys and identification documents.
Dean Graham, 31, and Armindo Silva, 29, punched, kicked and strangled the man after setting upon him in Newcastle in May last year, the city's crown court heard.
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