Set upon
Set upon verb - Assail or attack on all sides: "The zebra was beset by leopards".
Time
Time verb - Measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time.
Both terms in one sentence
- He does so, but when he does find it, he's set upon and killed by the mother rat's guards, although he takes two with him, and it's through following him that Harris finds the nest and kills the mother rat, ending the threat for the time being.
Source: Literature / The Rats
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