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Eipjoo Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

What does ‘upon’ mean

But how to get into the house unseen? Mrs. Mullet guarded the kitchen like a Foo Dong at the tomb of a Chinese emperor, yet if I used the front door, I ran the risk of being set upon by Aunt Felicity and assigned unwelcome duties for whatever remained of the day.

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What does ‘upon’ mean in the sentence?
  

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I can't think, off the top of my head, of any situation in which "upon" cannot be replaced with a simple "on".

— CSnyder

  • I can't think, off the top of my head, of any situation in which "upon" cannot be replaced with a simple "on".
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I can't think, off the top of my head, of any situation in which "upon" cannot be replaced with a simple "on".
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