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set upon someone or something

to attack someone or something violently. The dogs set upon the bear and chased it up a tree. Bill set upon Tom and struck him hard in the face.

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He moved about in so utterly ridiculous a manner that the Beasts, in a fit of indignation, set upon him with clubs and drove him out of the assembly. Fables by Aesop View in context THE people of Madagonia had an antipathy to the people of Novakatka and set upon some sailors of a Novakatkan vessel, killing two and wounding twelve. Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context By that time, I was staggering on the kitchen floor like a little drunkard, through having been newly set upon my feet, and through having been fast asleep, and through waking in the heat and lights and noise of tongues. Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context			set teeth on edge set the agenda set the ball rolling set the pace set the record straight set the scene set the scene for set the stage for set the table set the tone set the wheels in motion set the world on fire set to set to do set to music set to work set tongues wagging set type set up set up against set up as set up for life set up housekeeping set up shop set up shop somewhere set upon settle settle a score settle a score with settle affairs settle down settle down to settle for settle hash settle in settle into settle old scores settle on settle stomach settle up with seven seven-year itch seventh sever ties with several several irons in the fire sew sew up sewed up sex sez			set up set up set up set up set up set up set up set up against set up an inquiry set up as set up as set up as set up as set up as set up for life set up housekeeping set up housekeeping set up housekeeping set up housekeeping set up housekeeping set up in business Set Up Less Than Carload Set Up Less Than Carloads set up program set up shop set up shop set up shop set up shop set up shop set up shop somewhere set upon Set Ups Set Ups Set Ups Set User ID Set Valued Random Variable set width Set X Set Your Goals Set Your Own Price set(t) set- set-apart set-aside set-aside set-aside set-aside letter set-asides set-asides set-associative cache set-back Set-Based Analysis Set-builder notation SET-D Set-fair set-fast SET-GFP set-head nailing set-in set-in set-in

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