GANG UP (ON) Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

gang up (on)

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Definition of gang up (on)

as in to turn (on)

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Maradona and Messi have paraded through Kolkata on multiple summer tours, mobbed by thousands at the airport and on the streets, hailed as gods coming down to earth.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 16 July 2026
Schjelderup jumped on his back, and the rest of the Norway team began to mob him.

— Tim Rohan, NBC news, 6 July 2026

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