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puts the herd on someone

puts the herd on someone is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put the herd on someone.

Meaning of put the herd on someone

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

Questions about puts the herd on someone

What is puts the herd on someone the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Puts the herd on someone is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put the herd on someone.

Words near puts the herd on someone in the dictionary

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

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