Meaning of put the herd on someone | Babel Free

Definitions

To attack a person as a group or gang.

slang, transitive

Examples

“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 […]”

“2001, The Outer Limits (TV series), "Patient Zero" (season 7 episode 2), at approx. 12 minutes - What happened, Amy? - That guy just dumped his coffee all over me. I was gonna go to the movies but now I guess I have to go home to change. - Sure you don't want us to go put the herd on him?”

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