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Antonyms for gang upon
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : gang |
| Phonetic Transcription : gæŋ |
Definition of gang upon
Origin :- from Old English gang "a going, journey, way, passage," and Old Norse gangr "a group of men, a set," both from Proto-Germanic *gangaz (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Danish, Dutch, Old High German, German gang, Old Norse gangr, Gothic gagg "act of going"), from PIE root *ghengh- "to step" (cf. Sanskrit jangha "shank," Avestan zanga- "ankle," Lithuanian zengiu "I stride"). Thus not considered to be related to go.
- The sense evolution is probably via meaning "a set of articles that usually are taken together in going" (mid-14c.), especially a set of tools used on the same job. By 1620s this had been extended in nautical speech to mean "a company of workmen," and by 1630s the word was being used, with disapproving overtones, for "any band of persons traveling together." Gangway preserves the original sense of the word, as does gangplank.
- As in argue : verb verbally fight
- As in gang up on : verb combine against
- As in contend : verb argue
- As in contest : verb fight
Synonyms for gang upon
- affirm
- allege
- altercate
- assert
- attack
- aver
- avow
- bandy
- battle
- bicker
- blast
- brawl
- break with
- buck
- bump heads
- charge
- claim
- come at
- compete
- conflict
- contend
- cross
- cross swords
- debate
- defend
- dictate
- disagree
- dispute
- duel
- enjoin
- face down
- face off
- feud
- fight over
- fly in face of
- gang up on
- get in one's face
- go at
- go one on one
- hammer
- hammer away
- hash
- hash over
- hassle
- have at
- have at each other
- have at it
- have bone to pick
- hold
- insist
- join forces against
- jump
- jump on
- justify
- knock around
- knuckle with
- lace into
- lay a finger on
- lay into
- lay out
- let have it
- light into
- lock horns
- lock horns with
- maintain
- mix
- mix it up
- overwhelm
- pettifog
- pick an argument
- prescribe
- put on gloves
- put up a fight
- put up a struggle
- put up argument
- put up dukes
- quarrel
- quibble
- rehash
- repel
- report
- rip
- rival
- row
- rumpus
- sass
- say
- scrap
- scuffle
- set to
- sock
- sock it to
- sock it to one
- squabble
- square off
- stick it to
- strike
- struggle
- take on
- talk back
- tell
- tilt
- traverse
- urge
- vie
- vindicate
- warrant
- withstand
- wrangle
- zap
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