gang up on

Example Sentences

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"Canada and Mexico want to show unity, without appearing to gang up on the US."

From BBC • Sep. 18, 2025

It doesn’t help that your other roommates are letting them gang up on you.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2023

I could get a white-noise machine, but at this point I’m scared that they may hear a part of my session and gang up on me again.

From New York Times • Aug. 24, 2021

His efforts are stymied further by a group of five brothers from Samangan province who gang up on him and yank at his hands and jersey every time he seizes the calf.

From National Geographic • Feb. 2, 2021

“Mr. Crane wants you to come in at ten in the morning. Ten sharp, now, mind you, because he’ll be there and those guys won’t gang up on you again.”

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright