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 — See: SET ON …
8set upon — See: SET ON …
9To 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… …
10To set upon — Set Set (s[e^]t), v. i. 1. To pass below the horizon; to go down; to decline; to sink out of sight; to come to an end. [1913 Webster] Ere the weary sun set in the west. Shak. [1913 Webster] Thus this century sets with little mirth, and the next… …
