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gang up on

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Definition


To out-number someone and bully them.

Context : Popular Culture, Social Life
Category: Idiom
Semantic: bully

Usage of “gang up on”

  1. Stop ganging up on him. He is defenseless.

  2. Tom and his five friends ganged up on me. I didn't stand a chance.

Examples of idiom “gang up on” from Twitter
  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'FlacoShalom'
    FlacoShalom:

    so Ashley and her narsistic cuzo just tried to gang up on me... jerks..

  • Default avatar for Twitter user 'cduncan75'
    cduncan75:

    I've killed 4 wasps in the last two days. Hope they don't gang up on me. Determine to exterminate them if near me. Dangerous bugs.