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单词 to be upon a person's jack
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to be upon (also on) a person's jack
P2. to be upon (also on) a person's jack and variants: to attack, assault a person, esp. to attack an enemy from behind; (in extended use) to deal with a person harshly or severely; also figurative. Cf. on, upon the back of at back n.1 23d. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make attack [verb (intransitive)]
onreseeOE
onslayc1275
entera1425
to be upon (also on) a person's jack1588
endeavour?1589
to fall aboard1591
to let fly1611
strikea1616
to lift (up) the hand(s, (occasionally one's arm)1655
to fall on board (of)1658
tilt1708
to walk into ——1794
to run in1815
to peg it1834
to sail in1856
to wade in1863
to light in1868
to roll into ——1888
to make for ——1893
the world > movement > impact > striking > strike or deliver blows [verb (intransitive)] > specific on a person
to be upon (also on) a person's jack1588
to fall about a person's ears1615
to pink (a person's) jacket (also doublet)1673
the mind > emotion > hatred > hostility > be hostile [verb (intransitive)] > harass by hostile attacks
to be upon (also on) a person's jack1588
1588 Disc. Pres. Est. France 18 So soone..might the king of Nauar be sure that he would be vpon his iacke.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. vii. xxx. 269 They shall not..stirre and put out their heads, but we will be streight upon their iacks [L. ab tergo].
1619 J. Denison Heauenly Banquet vii. 237 All the Mariners are vpon the iacke of Ionas, and examine him strictly of his person, his profession, his country, his religion, and what not.
1673 Animadversions Two Late Bks. 17 He's on the jack of the present Age, calling it..Barbarous Age.
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