as in to team (up)
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Recent Examples of gang up
Within a few moments, the teen wounded with his own knife reached out to friends to gang up on the person who stabbed him.
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Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
Perez and Rodriguez ganged up on Kairi, but Asuka made the save.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Rhodes then challenged Travis Scott to get in the ring — noting that both the rapper, Cena and the Rock had been the ones who’d ganged up on him last month during the WWE PLE Elimination Chamber.
—Shaheem Reid, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
For an hour in Iowa, a room full of Senator Charles Grassley's constituents ganged up on the 91-year-old Republican.
—CBS News, 20 Apr. 2025
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Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
Perez and Rodriguez ganged up on Kairi, but Asuka made the save.
—Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
Rhodes then challenged Travis Scott to get in the ring — noting that both the rapper, Cena and the Rock had been the ones who’d ganged up on him last month during the WWE PLE Elimination Chamber.
—Shaheem Reid, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
For an hour in Iowa, a room full of Senator Charles Grassley's constituents ganged up on the 91-year-old Republican.
—CBS News, 20 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gang up
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Like Nighty Night, Such Brave Girls takes a sledgehammer to the flimsy framework of manners that keeps the British social construct (barely) hanging together, exposing the malice and envy that so often lie beneath the politeness.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
28 Dec. 2025
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The top-down talent set a worldly tone that the dialogue-heavy, 2-hour 18-minute movie needs to hang together.—
John Wenzel,
Denver Post,
14 Oct. 2025
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Shane Stant clubs Kerrigan on the knee and flees the scene.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Now welcome to that big britches club the strappy and sweaty table tennis player Marty Mauser (portrayed to the 10s by Timothée Chalamet).—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
23 Dec. 2025
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Those are among the hot names league wide.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
28 Dec. 2025
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Though there's no guarantee that Leiter will steady the ship, he's generally been close to league average throughout his career, which might well be good enough to improve his new team.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Dec. 2025
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Ohio State Sports Properties, Learfield’s local team in Columbus, will collaborate with Ohio State’s athletic department on centerpiece sponsorship assets, such as a jersey-patch partnership in anticipation of an NCAA rule change.—
Sportico Staff,
Sportico.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Last year, the brand for the first time participated at the Met Gala and launched the Moncler Genius collection with Mercedes-Benz by Nigo and the first collection of apparel collaborating with Donald Glover’s Gilga Farm.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
9 Jan. 2026
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“Gang up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gang%20up. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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