set on

See also: seton and séton

English

Verb

set on (third-person singular simple present sets on, present participle setting on, simple past and past participle set on)

1. To attack.
   • Shakespeare

     Cassio hath here been set on in the dark.

2. To encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone.

   I will set the dogs on you, if you don't leave right now!

Synonyms

• set upon

Translations

to encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone

• Spanish: azuzar (es) (dog)
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References

• “set on”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “set on”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• 'onest, Eston, SONET, Stone, notes, onest, onset, steno, steno-, stone, tones