gang up

gang ¹  (gng)

n.

1. A group of criminals or hoodlums who band together for mutual protection and profit.

2. A group of adolescents who band together, especially a group of delinquents.

3. Informal A group of people who associate regularly on a social basis: The whole gang from the office went to a clambake.

4. A group of laborers organized together on one job or under one foreperson: a railroad gang.

5. A matched or coordinated set, as of tools: a gang of chisels.

6.

a. A pack of wolves or wild dogs.

b. A herd, especially of buffalo or elk. See Synonyms at flock¹.

v. ganged, gang·ing, gangs

v.intr.

To band together as a group or gang.

v.tr.

1. To arrange or assemble into a group, as for simultaneous operation or production: gang several pages onto one printing plate.

2. To attack as an organized group.

Phrasal Verb:

gang up

1. To join together in opposition or attack: The older children were always ganging up on the little ones.

2. To act together as a group: various agencies ganging up to combat the use of illicit drugs.

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[Middle English, band of men, from Old English, journey, and Old Norse -gangr, journey, group (as in thjofagangr, gang of thieves).]

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gang ²  (gng)

n.

Variant of gangue.

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gang up

vb

(often foll by on or against) Informal to combine in a group (against)

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

gang up - act as an organized group gang aggroup, group - form a group or group together

Translations

? gang up

vi → sich zusammentun; to gang up against or on somebody → sich gegen jdn verbünden or verschwören; (to fight) → geschlossen auf jdn or gegen jdn losgehen