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Definition of set on phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

set on

phrasal verb
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set on/upon somebody
  1. [usually passive] to attack somebody suddenly
    • I opened the gate, and was immediately set on by a large dog.
set somebody/something on somebody
  1. to make a person or an animal attack somebody suddenly
    • The farmer threatened to set his dogs on us.
See set on in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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halfway
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