SET ON/UPON SOMEONE definition: 1. to attack someone: 2. to surround or catch someone and prevent them from escaping: 3. to…. Learn more.

If you are set upon by people, they make a sudden and unexpected physical attack on you.

[usually passive] to attack somebody suddenly. I opened the gate, and was immediately set on by a large dog. Definition of set upon phrasal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. …

How to use set in a sentence. to cause to sit : place in or on a seat; to put (a fowl) on eggs to hatch them; to put (eggs) for hatching under a fowl or into an incubator… See the full definition

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Synonyms for SET UPON: attack, assault, raid, storm, set at, set on, turn (on), strike; Antonyms of SET UPON: protect, cover, secure, defend, guard, shield

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To command, instruct, or order someone or an animal to attack one. The guards set the dogs on the would-be thieves. The crime boss set his goons upon the accountant who refused to …

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(Definition of be set on/upon something from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)