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set upon

verb

  1. intr, preposition to attack

    three thugs set upon him

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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.

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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.

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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.

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When they arrived they were set upon by the gang, who sought to steal money, vehicles, house keys and identification documents.

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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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