gang up
Example Sentences
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In the 2011 comedy “Horrible Bosses,” three friends gang up against their bosses—all different versions of horrible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 29, 2025
"Canada and Mexico want to show unity, without appearing to gang up on the US."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2025
“It’s an enormous advantage in every way. You have someone you can turn to when things go pear-shaped and, in crass terms, you can gang up on people. I missed him a lot.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2022
Certainly we’ve all experienced how easy it is for fan armies to gang up to harass and discredit us, especially on a signal from an affronted artist.
From Slate ● Dec. 21, 2020
“You have no right to treat me like that. And you don’t even fight one-on-one. You gang up on people like cowards.”
From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
