set upon phrasal verb

1. [usually passive] to attack somebody suddenly
   • ● I opened the gate, and was immediately set on by a large dog.

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set upon
set upon (someone/something)
to attack someone or something.
I saw an old man set upon by muggers in an alley.

Demonstrators wearing ski masks set upon a stopped police car.

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set upon something
set upon (someone/something)
to attack someone or something.
I saw an old man set upon by muggers in an alley.

Demonstrators wearing ski masks set upon a stopped police car.

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set upon
• set upon (someone or something)
to attack someone or something violently
The three young boys set upon the man on the city bus.

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set upon something
• set upon (someone or something)
to attack someone or something violently
The three young boys set upon the man on the city bus.

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set upon
{v.}
1. To begin suddenly to fight against; attack fiercely.
Tom was walking through the park when a gang of boys set on him.

2. To cause to attack.
Some boys went to steal melons but the farmer set his dog on them.

See: SET ON.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

set upon someone
set upon (someone/something)
to attack someone or something.
I saw an old man set upon by muggers in an alley.

Demonstrators wearing ski masks set upon a stopped police car.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

set upon someone
• set upon (someone or something)
to attack someone or something violently
The three young boys set upon the man on the city bus.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲