transitive. To attack with physical violence; to assault.

= to set upon —— at phrasal verbs 1.

transitive. = assail, v.1 in various senses.

To make an attack; to bring about hardship. Chiefly followed by against, upon. Cf. sense 26a. Now archaic and rare.

transitive. To assail, attack.

To make an attack upon, be hostile to. Obsolete.

transitive. To fight against: to attack, assail, assault (a person, city, etc.). Obsolete.

transitive. To attack (a person); to assault, assail. Also in extended use. Obsolete.

To measure a definite quantity of (a substance) on the scales. Usually with out: To portion out (a quantity measured by weight) from a larger mass…

figurative.

absol. and intransitive. To deal blows; to make an attack. Chiefly in phraseological expressions with… to lay at: to aim blows or an attack at; to…

intransitive. With at. To go at, esp. aggressively or forcefully; to tackle or attack; (also) to make an attempt at, ‘have a go at’. In early use…

To assail, attack. (Cf. to set about —— 2 at phrasal verbs 1 to set against —— 1 at phrasal verbs 1 to set into —— at phrasal verbs 1.)

transitive. To assault, attack, or make an attack upon; to attack and drive off; rarely to make a raid on (a place). Obsolete.

transitive. To pester, harry; to attack, assail.

transitive. To assail, attack.

intransitive. To make a disturbance; to quarrel or fight. Also, to make an attack upon. to fray it out: to settle by fighting. Obsolete exc. archaic.

transitive. To harass; to quarrel with, assail contentiously, assault. Obsolete.

To make a violent hostile attack by physical means upon (a person, army, etc.); to commit an unlawful or criminal assault upon the person of (see a…

transitive. To attack, subject to a military assault. Obsolete.

To make an attack upon (a person, etc.); to set upon or assault. literal and figurative. Obsolete.

transitive. To attack, trouble, molest, disturb. Scottish.

transitive. To try to master, take by force, or overthrow; to attack, assail, assault. in various figurative and transferred senses. archaic.

To bring forward as a charge, accusation, or imputation; to impute, attribute, ascribe (something objectionable). Const. to, †unto, †against, †in, on…

transferred and figurative. To engage in a contest; to combat, encounter, contend (with); to strike or thrust at with a weapon, to charge or impinge…

intransitive. In extended use: to attack (a person) physically or verbally. Also (in quot. 1593): to become involved or entangled with. Cf. to fall a…

Scottish. transitive. To attack, assault, set upon. Also: to take to task, reprove, berate. Also intransitive with on, †upon, †to, †till.

to let at (now Scottish): to discharge missiles at; to assail; to aim at. Also to let into (slang): to attack.

With on, upon. To attack, assault, assail (a person). Obsolete.

transitive. To begin or engage in aggressive and violent physical action against (a person or animal); to attempt to injure or kill; to assault…

transitive. slang. To assault with blows, beat up; to defeat; to finish off, kill.

intransitive. colloquial. to go in at: to attack or assail vigorously. Now archaic and rare.

intransitive. To attack or assail forcibly (with blows, words, etc.); to rebuke or criticize strongly; to set about. Also transitive with it, and…

colloquial. To grip, lay hold of, take in hand, deal with; to fasten upon, attack, encounter (a person or animal) physically.

(transitive) to assail or prey upon after the manner of a vampire.

To act as a bushwhacker; to beat the bush; to attack or kill in the manner of a bushwhacker (sense 2).

intransitive. colloquial. To make an attack on, assault; to abuse verbally.

transitive. slang. To overpower, defeat; to kill. Also: to confront, attack (a person). Cf. to take out 1c at phrasal verbs 1.

intransitive. Originally U.S. Esp. of several persons: to attack vigorously; to assail; (also) to join in an attack. With on, on to, into.

transitive. To attack, utter, etc., violently or explosively, in a manner suggestive of a volcano. rare.

To set upon, attack. colloquial.

transitive. = vampire v. at vampire, n. derivatives.

transitive (in passive). colloquial (originally Australian and New Zealand). to get stuck into: to attack with blows, to lay into; (subsequently)…

intransitive. colloquial (originally New Zealand). To attack; to set upon.

To launch into and attack (a person, etc.). Also figurative. colloquial.

transitive to perform a rugby tackle on (a person); to bring (a person) down by or as if by means of a rugby tackle.

transitive. = rugby-tackle v. at rugby, n. 3b.