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

descend on

phrasal verb
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descend on/upon somebody/something
  1. to visit somebody/something in large numbers, sometimes unexpectedly
    • Hundreds of football fans descended on the city.
See descend on in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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