set on

[set on] also [set upon] {v.}

1. To begin suddenly to fight against; attack fiercely.

* /Tom was walking through the park when a gang of boys set on him./

2. To cause to attack.

* /Some boys went to steal melons but the farmer set his dog on them./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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