set on

Verb

Meaning

attack someone physically or emotionally

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

set-on

Synonyms

attack assault assail set upon set determined hit strike firm raise resolved intent provoke urge stir

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Antonyms

barricade assisted beat a retreat aided beat a hasty retreat backed down

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Hyponyms

savage bulldog set assault jump rape

Related terms

onset

Examples

There is no intrinsic worth in money but what is alterable with the times, and whether a guinea goes for twenty pounds or for a shilling, it is the labor of the poor and not the high and low value that is set on gold or silver, which all the comforts of life must arise from. Bernard Mandeville

If you have your eye set on somebody, don't beat around the bush. Vanessa Hudgens

But when the country, into which I had just set my foot, was set on fire about my ears, it was time to stir. It was time for every man to stir. Thomas Paine

How can you put out a fire set on a cart-load of firewood with only a cup of water. Chinese Proverb

You cannot hide the smoke of the hut you set on fire. Burundi Proverb

May the sun set on where my love dwells. Bolivian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

set of values set of wheels set off against something set on a pedestal set on deck set on edge