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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: act as an organized group [syn: gang, gang up]

Merriam Webster's

intransitive verb Date: 1925 1. to make a joint assault <ganged up on him and beat him up> 2. to combine for a specific purpose <ganged up to raise prices> 3. to exert group pressure <ganged up against the boss>

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If people gang up on someone, they unite against them for a particular reason, for example in a fight or argument. (INFORMAL) Harrison complained that his colleagues ganged up on him... All the other parties ganged up to keep them out of power... All the girls in my class seemed to gang up against me. PHRASAL VERB: V P on n, V P to-inf, V P against n