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P1. to be of a gang: to be of the same type; to be alike (now rare). [The resemblance between this and Old French estre a une gaaigne to share profit and loss (showing gaaigne gain n.²) is entirely accidental.]

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > [verb (intransitive)] > belong to the same society or group

to be of a gang1669

1669 S. Pepys Diary 4 Mar. (1976) IX. 469 This company, both the ladies and all, are of a gang.

1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 94 I am none of their Gang.

1851 J. Kennedy Sketches of Char. iii. 37 If they are of a gang, I never hear of them again.

1912 J. Sargeaunt tr. Terence Phormio ii, in Terence (1918) II. 33 There you are! all of a pattern, all of a gang! Know one and you know all.

1983 Asian Outlook June 19/1 Power-holders have come and gone, but the Chinese Communists are all of a gang.

P2. Gang of Four.

a. [After Chinese sìrén bāng (Mao Zedong 1974) < sì four (see Szechuan n.) + rén person (see renminbi n.) + bāng gang, clique.] (A nickname for) four leading members of the Cultural Revolutionary Left accused after the death of Mao Zedong of counter-revolutionary conspiracy and Marxist revisionism. Now historical.The group was discredited in October 1976 by the Communist Party Central Committee of the People's Republic of China.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > politics in India and Far East > [noun] > Chinese politics > specific cultural revolutionary politicians

Gang of Four1976

1976 Brandon (Manitoba) Sun 15 Oct. 1/1 ‘Crush and strangle the gang of four’, the posters were quoted as saying.

1976 Peking Rev. 29 Oct. 7/2 The Party Central Committee headed by Chairman Hua Kuo-feng smashed the scheme of the ‘gang of four’ to usurp Party and state power.

1991 Lang. in Society 20 390 Since the downfall of the Gang of Four in 1976, China has gradually been opening its doors to the outside world.

2004 New Internationalist Sept. 23/2 The death of Mao in 1976 was followed swiftly by the arrest of the ‘Gang of Four’, the ultra-radical supporters of Cultural Revolution policies.

b. Hence used in other contexts to denote a group of four people who are outspoken in their advocacy of a particular policy, or who take a rebellious position or minority view on an issue. Also with other numbers, as Gang of Three, Gang of Five, etc.

ΚΠ

1977 Economist 9 Apr. 51 The so-called gang of four, headed by Sanjay Gandhi.

1980 Washington Post 12 Mar. a17 He added Assistant Secretary of State Harold Saunders, calling the officials a ‘Gang of Five’ against Israel.

1980 Guardian 1 Aug. 1/1 (headline) ‘Gang of three’ bid to save Labour.

1985 Coal Outlook 23 Dec. 4/1 Gradison and two other commissioners became known as the ‘Gang of Three’ for their strong emphasis on railroad freedoms.

2010 New Yorker 13 Dec. 63/3 The Gang of Seven, an insurrectionary group of young conservatives who tormented the old bulls of the House for abusing such privileges as the House bank and post office.

c. spec. A group of four British Labour front-bench MPs who were openly critical of their party, and left it to form the Social Democratic Party in 1981. Cf. Liberal Democrat n. Now historical.Quot. 1980² at Phrases 2b for Gang of Three refers to a precursor to this group, consisting of three of the members of the later Gang of Four.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [noun] > member > specific group of members

Gang of Four1981

1981 Times 26 Jan. 1/1 (caption) The new ‘gang of four’: Mr Rodgers, Mrs Williams, Mr Jenkins and Dr Owen yesterday.

1985 Guardian 21 May (London ed.) 32/7 He did not reserve his characteristic gentleness for Mr Bill Rodgers, one of Mrs Williams's co-defectors in the Gang of Four.

2000 J. Caughie Television Drama vii. 186 The Social Democratic Party (SDP) formed in the early 1980s as a breakaway from the Labour Party by the ‘Gang of Four’.

单词	gang of four
释义	> as lemmas Gang of Four Phrases P1. to be of a gang: to be of the same type; to be alike (now rare). [The resemblance between this and Old French estre a une gaaigne to share profit and loss (showing gaaigne gain n.²) is entirely accidental.] ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > [verb (intransitive)] > belong to the same society or group to be of a gang1669 1669 S. Pepys Diary 4 Mar. (1976) IX. 469 This company, both the ladies and all, are of a gang. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 94 I am none of their Gang. 1851 J. Kennedy Sketches of Char. iii. 37 If they are of a gang, I never hear of them again. 1912 J. Sargeaunt tr. Terence Phormio ii, in Terence (1918) II. 33 There you are! all of a pattern, all of a gang! Know one and you know all. 1983 Asian Outlook June 19/1 Power-holders have come and gone, but the Chinese Communists are all of a gang. P2. Gang of Four. a. [After Chinese sìrén bāng (Mao Zedong 1974) < sì four (see Szechuan n.) + rén person (see renminbi n.) + bāng gang, clique.] (A nickname for) four leading members of the Cultural Revolutionary Left accused after the death of Mao Zedong of counter-revolutionary conspiracy and Marxist revisionism. Now historical.The group was discredited in October 1976 by the Communist Party Central Committee of the People's Republic of China. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > politics in India and Far East > [noun] > Chinese politics > specific cultural revolutionary politicians Gang of Four1976 1976 Brandon (Manitoba) Sun 15 Oct. 1/1 ‘Crush and strangle the gang of four’, the posters were quoted as saying. 1976 Peking Rev. 29 Oct. 7/2 The Party Central Committee headed by Chairman Hua Kuo-feng smashed the scheme of the ‘gang of four’ to usurp Party and state power. 1991 Lang. in Society 20 390 Since the downfall of the Gang of Four in 1976, China has gradually been opening its doors to the outside world. 2004 New Internationalist Sept. 23/2 The death of Mao in 1976 was followed swiftly by the arrest of the ‘Gang of Four’, the ultra-radical supporters of Cultural Revolution policies. b. Hence used in other contexts to denote a group of four people who are outspoken in their advocacy of a particular policy, or who take a rebellious position or minority view on an issue. Also with other numbers, as Gang of Three, Gang of Five, etc. ΚΠ 1977 Economist 9 Apr. 51 The so-called gang of four, headed by Sanjay Gandhi. 1980 Washington Post 12 Mar. a17 He added Assistant Secretary of State Harold Saunders, calling the officials a ‘Gang of Five’ against Israel. 1980 Guardian 1 Aug. 1/1 (headline) ‘Gang of three’ bid to save Labour. 1985 Coal Outlook 23 Dec. 4/1 Gradison and two other commissioners became known as the ‘Gang of Three’ for their strong emphasis on railroad freedoms. 2010 New Yorker 13 Dec. 63/3 The Gang of Seven, an insurrectionary group of young conservatives who tormented the old bulls of the House for abusing such privileges as the House bank and post office. c. spec. A group of four British Labour front-bench MPs who were openly critical of their party, and left it to form the Social Democratic Party in 1981. Cf. Liberal Democrat n. Now historical.Quot. 1980² at Phrases 2b for Gang of Three refers to a precursor to this group, consisting of three of the members of the later Gang of Four. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > [noun] > member > specific group of members Gang of Four1981 1981 Times 26 Jan. 1/1 (caption) The new ‘gang of four’: Mr Rodgers, Mrs Williams, Mr Jenkins and Dr Owen yesterday. 1985 Guardian 21 May (London ed.) 32/7 He did not reserve his characteristic gentleness for Mr Bill Rodgers, one of Mrs Williams's co-defectors in the Gang of Four. 2000 J. Caughie Television Drama vii. 186 The Social Democratic Party (SDP) formed in the early 1980s as a breakaway from the Labour Party by the ‘Gang of Four’. extracted from gangn. < as lemmas
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