as in to team (up)
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Recent Examples of gang up
But Georgi was more upset that his wife and sister continue to gang up on him.
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Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Then, with Ashley and Rachel ganging up on him was like mean girls.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2025
The cumulative casualties from this and the main front ultimately overextended Napoleon, dooming his military when his adversaries simultaneously ganged up.
—S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Within a few moments, the teen wounded with his own knife reached out to friends to gang up on the person who stabbed him.
—Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
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Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2025
Then, with Ashley and Rachel ganging up on him was like mean girls.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2025
The cumulative casualties from this and the main front ultimately overextended Napoleon, dooming his military when his adversaries simultaneously ganged up.
—S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Within a few moments, the teen wounded with his own knife reached out to friends to gang up on the person who stabbed him.
—Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gang up
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But, for many, what is known for sure is dwarfed by what might possibly hang together.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2026
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Alba’s brother and his wife were also included in a family photo of the gang hanging together for a festive evening out.—
Kayla Grant,
PEOPLE,
2 Jan. 2026
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Shohei Ohtani and Teoscar Hernandez clubbed first-inning home runs, and the Dodgers rode that cushion to a 6-3 victory over the Rangers in the second game of their three-game series at Dodger Stadium.—
Dan Arritt,
Oc Register,
12 Apr. 2026
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Those words proved prescient, as Rosario clubbed two home runs in a 5-3, comeback win.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Could league face legal action?—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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Laguna Hills finished as the CIF-SS Division 7 runner-up to league rival Kennedy.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
9 Mar. 2026
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In addition to its own productions, There & Then intends to collaborate with artists and communities across different career stages on an international basis.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 Apr. 2026
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The flight took place under the direct supervision of the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which is collaborating with the European Union Aviation Safety Agency on Valo’s type certification.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Gang up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gang%20up. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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