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putting the herd on someone

putting the herd on someone is the present participle and gerund 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 putting the herd on someone

What is putting the herd on someone the present participle and gerund of?
Putting the herd on someone is the present participle and gerund of put the herd on someone.

Words near putting the herd on someone in the dictionary

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

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