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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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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Democrats hung together Wednesday afternoon to block, for the third time, a stopgap funding bill offered by Republicans.—
Justin Gomez,
ABC News,
2 Oct. 2025
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The Blue Jays clubbed two home runs on two bad pitches from Snell.—
Zach Pressnell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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The child swung wildly at the piñata, clubbing it several times and stabbing it several times more.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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Europe has not been kind to league leaders AEK Athens and pursuing PAOK, with both teams awaiting a first win in the Conference League and Europa League respectively, but the same cannot be said for domestic duties.—
Jack Bantock,
New York Times,
17 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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Singaporean transit company ComfortDelGro, meanwhile, is working with Pony AI to explore offering robotaxis, while Lyft is collaborating with Baidu to test its Apollo Go self-driving cars in Europe.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Mulaney is collaborating with Neal Katyal — the lawyer arguing the case on behalf of the plaintiffs — on a new TV series.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Gang up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gang%20up. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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