Idiom idiom
gang up on
Meaning
To join together in a group in order to overpower someone else.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The other children often gang up on him during recess.”
“It felt unfair when all my coworkers decided to gang up on me during the meeting to criticize my project.”
“The opposition parties chose to gang up on the minister, relentlessly questioning her policies until she was forced to resign from her position.”
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Last updated August 10, 2026