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
In the ensuing Panthers’ power play, the Canadian squad turned its attention to Matthew Tkachuk as a pair of Oilers ganged up on the winger behind the Edmonton net, touching off another round of pushing and shoving.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 10 June 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
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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
In the ensuing Panthers’ power play, the Canadian squad turned its attention to Matthew Tkachuk as a pair of Oilers ganged up on the winger behind the Edmonton net, touching off another round of pushing and shoving.
—Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 10 June 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gang up
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No Breaks is where the mess, the laughter and the honesty all hang together live every afternoon.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
26 Sep. 2025
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Some symptoms would hang together; others were likely to be distractions.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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After the clubbing scandal, the Finnish media, which had already dubbed her Party Sanna, began ramping up its coverage of Marin’s off-the-clock activities.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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Slowly, Tom and Robbie unwind the plot points we’ve already been clubbed over the head with.—
Grace Byron,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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Lasry, who is the CEO and co-founder of Avenue Capital Group, acquired the New York Mavericks – a team with the Professional Bull Riders league – in 2024.—
Alex Sherman,Contessa Brewer,
CNBC,
25 Sep. 2025
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Which leagues’ windows will still be open after today?—
Leon Imber,
New York Times,
1 Sep. 2025
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The unit collaborates with various federal, state, tribal, and local partners, including the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations, to combat terrorism.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Then, as now, The Lancet medical journal collaborated with the environmental nonprofit EAT and dozens of international researchers to determine how food producers could feed the burgeoning global population without further harming the environment.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Gang up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gang%20up. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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