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单词 set on somebody
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set on somebody

set on somebody
phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE 
a) set somebody/something on somebodyATTACK to make people or animals attack someone 使某人[动物]攻击某人
 The farmer threatened to set his dogs on us.
那农民威胁说要放狗来咬我们。
b) if you are set on by people or animals, you are suddenly attacked by them 突然袭击
 A thirty-five-year-old man was set on by four youths last night.
一名35岁男子昨晚突然遭到四个年轻人袭击。
nGrammar
Set on is usually passive in this meaning.
c) set somebody on/onto somebody to give someone information about a person who you think has done something wrong, because you want that person to be found and caught 向某人告发某人
 If I refuse, he’ll set the police onto me.
如果我拒绝,他就要向警方告发我。
set on somebody at set1(PHRASAL VERB)
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