set+upon
1set upon — index accost, assail, assault, earnest, oppugn, persistent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2set upon — verb To attack someone. I was set upon by a couple of young thugs. Syn: set on …
3set upon — phrasal to attack usually with violence < the dogs set upon the trespassers > …
4set upon — phr verb Set upon is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑mob …
5set upon with force — index assault, attack Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
6set upon with violence — index assail, assault Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
7set upon — Synonyms and related words: ambush, assail, assault, attack, blitz, bushwhack, come at, come down on, crack down on, descend on, descend upon, fall on, fall upon, gang up on, go at, go for, harry, have at, hit, hit like lightning, jump, land on,… …
8set upon — See: SET ON …
9set upon — See: SET ON …
10To set upon — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root… …
