What does set upon mean?
Definitions for set upon
set up·on
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word set upon.
Princeton's WordNet
beset, set uponverb
assail or attack on all sides: "The zebra was beset by leopards"
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set uponverb
To attack someone.
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set upon
To attack or to start a fight with someone; to approach or confront with harmful, hostile, or negative intent. It can also mean to begin or embark on a task or activity.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of set upon in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of set upon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of set upon in a Sentence
It's tough being a public official these days, and I think you ought to be able to have some private time and not be set upon if you go to a ballgame, or if you go to a play or go to dinner.
Players, Sir! I look on them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint stools to make faces and produce laughter, like dancing dogs.
There were police on one side of the bus that they set upon, and the terrorists were hiding on the other side, there was an exchange of fire, and the gunmen took refuge in the museum.
As children, we played cowboys and Indians through the fields and forests, looking for foes as though being set upon was the worst we’d face. As children we found horseshoes, dusty hidden treasures buried in dirt, and we’d take them home and hang them on our walls alongside our Farrah and football posters. Innately we knew that someday we’d grow out of this, so mornings and afternoons we’d carry on, content, a real word in our small vocabulary.
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- atacarPortuguese
- anfalla, överfalla, attackeraSwedish
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