to gang

Examples

• All

• In some birds, for instance, siblings gang up on an unwanted brother or sister.

  Academic text (2005)

• Why do I suddenly feel like I'm being ganged up on here, Saul?

  Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023)

• A wounded or sick man they might gang up on and attack, but he was neither.

  Fiction book (1994)

• We're going to gang up and shove you into the deep end of the pool.

  Fiction book (2001)

• See, you think you can gang up on Lorna.

  Let Him Go (2020)

• You might be thinking of ganging up on me...

  Ender's Game (2013)

• You guys ganging up on me?

  John Henry Balch: Congressional Medal of Honor (2018)

• We should have cut you some slack instead of ganging up on you.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Many prisons become tribal, and inmates find they must gang up if they are to survive.

  Blog text (21)

• At the playground, the kids often gang up on anyone who tries to join their game.

Synonyms

T

to team

vsto gang

157 2.5

To join with others to work together for a purpose

acts together as an organized unit rather than just gathering

F

to flock

vsto gang

74 2.0

To move together in large numbers

focuses on acting together in an organized way not just crowding

G

to group

vsto gang

47 1.2

To put people and things together by type or purpose

denotes acting together as an organized body rather than mere arrangement

C

to cluster

vsto gang

17 3.5

To come together in a small group or make people do the same

means moving together as an organized unit rather than simple proximity

C

to crowd together

vsto gang

4 3.0

To stand or move closely in a group

involves coordinated acting together rather than mere tight gathering

F

to flock together

vsto gang

3 3.0

People and animals come together in a group for safety or shared interest

moves together as an organized group rather than mass attraction

H

to hive

vsto gang

2 5.5

To gather together in a busy group

implies organized action like a unit rather than insectlike gathering

A

to aggroup

vsto gang

9.9

To bring people or things together into a group

connotes coordinated group action rather than merely assembling elements

Antonyms

S

to scatter

50 2.7

To make people or animals move quickly in different directions

Phrasal Verbs

G

to gang up

• Informal

32 4.3

To join with other people to criticize or oppose someone

G

to gang up on

• NSFW

26 4.9

To join together to pick on someone

Compounds

C

chain gang

• Archaic

15 8.8

A group of prisoners chained together to do hard work as punishment

B

black gang

7 9.9

A group of Black people often involved in crime or violence

G

gang fight

6 5.1

A violent fight between rival criminal groups

Y

youth gang

3 4.2

A group of young people who do crimes or cause trouble

R

road gang

• UK

2 4.2

A group of workers who build or fix roads

P

press gang

• Archaic

1 9.7

A group that forced people to join the navy or army

B

Baader Meinhof Gang

1 9.9

A violent left-wing group active in Germany from 1968 to 1977, also called the Red Army Faction

S

section gang

• Jargon

1 7.3

A group of workers who maintain a section of railway track

P

Pentagon Gang

• NSFW

1 9.9

A violent group in the Philippines that kidnaps people and takes money by force

G

gang plow

• Specialized

1 7.8

A farm machine with two or more blades that turns several rows of soil at once

B

Baader-Meinhof Gang

9.9

A violent left-wing group in Germany active from 1968 to 1977

How Coordinated

to gang

28 5.0

to converge

72 5.5

to assemble

177 3.3

to gather

∞ 1.0

to group

47 1.2

to drift

265 2.9

Surface Forms

Etymology