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put the herd on someone

put the herd on someone verb: to attack a person as a group or gang.

Verb

put the herd on someone (third-person singular simple present puts the herd on someone, present participle putting the herd on someone, simple past and past participle put the herd on someone)

  1. (slang, transitive) To attack a person as a group or gang.
    • Testimony by prosecution witness that defendant returned to automobile from ditch without victim and in substance said victim was dead and that "We've killed him. I ain't joking the son of a bitch is dead. We put the herd on him" was properly admitted as part of res gestae […]1972, Report of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama and Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama, volume 49
    • - What happened, Amy?
      - That guy just dumped his coffee all over me. I was gonna go to the movies but now I guess I have to go home to change.
      - Sure you don't want us to go put the herd on him?2001, The Outer Limits (TV series), "Patient Zero" (season 7 episode 2), at approx. 12 minutes

Forms of put the herd on someone

third-person singular presentputs the herd on someone
present participleputting the herd on someone
past participleput the herd on someone
pastput the herd on someone

Questions about put the herd on someone

What does put the herd on someone mean?
Put the herd on someone means to attack a person as a group or gang.
What part of speech is put the herd on someone?
Put the herd on someone is a verb.
What is the past tense of put the herd on someone?
The past tense of put the herd on someone is put the herd on someone.

Words near put the herd on someone in the dictionary

  1. put the frighteners on someone
  2. put the genie back in the bottle
  3. put the hammer down
  4. put the heart across one
  5. put the heat on
  6. put the herd on someone
  7. put the kibosh on
  8. put the kybosh on
  9. put the last hand to
  10. put the lid on
  11. put the lie to

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