SET UPON

Meaning of SET UPON in English

See: SET ON.

Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012

SET UPON — phrasal to attack usually with violence
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SET UPON — phrasal see set on I
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SET UPON — attack, fall upon, provoke
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SET UPON — : to attack usually with violence the dogs set upon the trespassers
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SET UPON — to attack usually with violence <the dogs set upon the trespassers>
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SET UPON — If you are set upon by people, they make a sudden and unexpected physical attack on you. We were set …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SET UPON — If you are ~ by people, they make a sudden and unexpected physical attack on you. We were ~ by …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SET UPON — Synonyms and related words : ambush, assail, assault, attack, blitz, bushwhack, come at, come down on, crack down on, descend …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SET UPON — Attack, assault, assail, have at, fly at, rush upon.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
SET UPON — phr verb
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
SET UPON — phr verb Set upon is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ mob
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
SET UPON — • ↑ be set upon by
Longman Activator English vocab
SET UPON — ATTACK, assail, assault, hit, strike, beat, thrash, pummel, wallop, set about, fall on; informal lay into, lace into, let someone …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SET UPON — {v.} 1. To begin suddenly to fight against; attack fiercely. * /Tom was walking through the park when a gang …
Словарь английских идиом
SET UPON — = set on подвигаться, двигаться вперед приводить в движение обыкн. pass подвергнуться нападению - he was * in the street …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SET UPON — phr v = set on he was set upon and killed - на него напали и убили
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SET UPON — - set on
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SET UPON — phr v = set on he was ~ and killed - на него напали и убили
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SET UPON — phr v = set on he was set upon and killed - на него напали и убили
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SET UPON — навести, нападать, натравливать, подстрекать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SET UPON — навести, нападать, натравливать, подстрекать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SET UPON — = set on
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SET UPON — - set on
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SET UPON — = set on
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SET UPON — = set on
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SET UPON — подстрекать (к чему-л.), подбивать (на что-л.) натравить, напустить (кого-л. на кого-л.) нападать (на кого-л.) навести (на след) двигаться вперед твердо решить (сделать) (что-л.)
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
SET UPON — = set on подвигаться, двигаться вперед приводить в движение обыкн. pass подвергнуться нападению - he was * in the street …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SET UPON — нач(ин)ать поглощенный
Англо-Русский словарь
UPON — sur; concernent(e), pri. IMMEDIATELY ~: che, a
English interlingue dictionary
UPON — diha
English-Visayan vocabulary
UPON — I. preposition Date: 12th century on , II. adverb Date: 13th century on the surface ; on it, thereafter , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
UPON — I. ə|pȯn, ə|pän, ə(|)pən sometimes ˌə|p- preposition Etymology: Middle English uppon, upon, from uppe & up up + on, preposition …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
UPON — (prep.) On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
Английский словарь Webster
UPON — ( prep. ) On; -- used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UPON — /euh pon", euh pawn"/ , prep. 1. up and on; upward so as to get or be on: He climbed …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SET — /set/ , v. , set, setting , n., adj., interj. v.t. 1. to put (something or someone) in a particular …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UPON — prep. on, atop
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
UPON — I. ə-ˈpȯn, -ˈpän preposition Date: 12th century : on II. ə-ˈpȯn, -ˈpän adverb Date: 13th century 1. obsolete : on …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SET — I. ˈset verb ( set ; set·ting ) Etymology: Middle English setten, from Old English settan; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UPON — prep on; used in all the senses of that word, with which it is interchangeable.
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
UPON — ■ preposition more formal term for on . Origin ME: from up + on , suggested by ON upp á …
Concise Oxford English vocab
UPON — upon BrE AmE ə ˈpɒn AmE \ ə ˈpɑːn -ˈpɔːn —There is also an occasional weak form əp ə n
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UPON — / əˈpɒn; NAmE əˈpɑːn/ preposition 1. ( formal , especially BrE ) = on : The decision was based upon …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SET — / set; NAmE / verb , noun , adjective ■ verb ( set·ting , set , set ) PUT / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UPON — up ‧ on S2 W1 /əˈpɒn $ əˈpɑːn/ BrE AmE preposition formal [ Date: 1100-1200 ; Origin: up + on …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SET — I. set 1 S1 W1 /set/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle set , present participle setting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UPON — prep. = ON. ° Upon is sometimes more formal, and is preferred in once upon a time and upon my …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SET — v. (setting; past and past part. set) 1 tr. put, lay, or stand (a thing) in a certain position or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UPON — prep. = ON. ° Upon is sometimes more formal, and is preferred in once upon a time and upon my …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SET — v. (setting; past and past part. set) 1 tr. put, lay, or stand (a thing) in a certain position or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxford English vocab
SET — I. NOUN USES /set/ ( sets) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UPON — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UPON — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
UPON — preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES border on/upon obsession (= be almost as extreme as an obsession ) ▪ Sometimes his …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bunch/set of keys (= a group of keys kept together ) ▪ He …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UPON — preposition [slightly formal] - onThere was nothing upon the table but a few old plates.Upon her head she wore a …
Cambridge English vocab
SET — (POSITION) [verb] [T usually + adverb or preposition] setting, past set - to put (something) in the stated place or …
Cambridge English vocab
UPON — Synonyms and related words : about, above, after which, against, anent, apropos of, as for, as regards, as respects, as …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
UPON — • ↑ on/upon receipt of
Longman Activator English vocab
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Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
UPON — {v. phr.} To latch onto. * /Whenever Herb is in a romantic mood, Irene seizes on it and starts talking …
Словарь английских идиом

Slang English vocab

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