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
See All Example Sentences for gang up
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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An inning later, Judge clubbed another two-run dinger off Ricky Vanasco.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
21 Feb. 2026
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Enter Sheila, a street magician blackballed by the local boys club who wows Lincoln with her tips-only act.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
20 Feb. 2026
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Beyond that, his 76 OPS+ — which translates to 24% worse than league average offensive production — ranked 11th worst in MLB among all players with at least 450 plate appearances in 2025.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
5 Feb. 2026
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Was this initiative a hard sell to league officials and team owners?—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2026
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The pair married in 2022 and have collaborated on a handful of songs together.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 2026
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The universities of Chicago, Northwestern and Illinois are on all lists of top-tier research institutions in the world, and their scientists collaborate with those at suburban Argonne and Fermilab.—
Jim Nowlan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
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“Gang up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gang%20up. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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