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Definition of Gang up
1. Verb. Act as an organized group.
Definition of Gang up
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To join together, as a gang. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gang Up
Literary usage of Gang up
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by George Lyman Kittredge (1892)
"... For mony a heaving sinking sea Strikes sair on my ship's stern. 13 ' Where
will I get a little wee boy Will take my helm in hand Till I gang up to my ..."
2. Proverbs, Proverbial Expressions, and Popular Rhymes of Scotland by Andrew Cheviot (1896)
"E. YE'LL gang a gray gate yet; and, YE'LL gang up the car gate yet. ie, ... E.
YE'LL gang up the Lawnmarket yet. ie, you will come to be hanged. ..."
3. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1892)
"The warst o't is, they bid us aye gang up the loch, and see what we'll land in.'
Adding Andrew's information to what I had myself observed, I could scarce ..."
4. The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by George Lyman Kittredge (1892)
"... For mony a heaving sinking sea Strikes sair on my ship's stern. 13 ' Where
will I get a little wee boy Will take my helm in hand Till I gang up to my ..."
5. Proverbs, Proverbial Expressions, and Popular Rhymes of Scotland by Andrew Cheviot (1896)
"E. YE'LL gang a gray gate yet; and, YE'LL gang up the car gate yet. ie, ... E.
YE'LL gang up the Lawnmarket yet. ie, you will come to be hanged. ..."
6. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1892)
"The warst o't is, they bid us aye gang up the loch, and see what we'll land in.'
Adding Andrew's information to what I had myself observed, I could scarce ..."
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