besiege

besiege with (something)

1. Literally, to attack with something. A person or group can be named between "besiege" and "with." We besieged the attacking army with cannon fire.
2. To overwhelm with something. A person or group can be named between "besiege" and "with." I haven't been able to finish that report because I've been besieged with phone calls all morning. The kids have been besieging me with questions, so I just need a moment of quiet.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

besiege someone or something with something

 
1. Lit. to attack someone or a group with something. We besieged the enemy with bombs and bullets.
2. Fig. to overwhelm someone or something with something They besieged us with orders for the new book. We besieged the company with complaints.
See also: besiege
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • besiege with
  • besiege with (something)
  • cannon
  • cannon fodder
  • literally
  • hash cannon
  • beat the hell out of
  • beat the tar out of
  • beat/knock/kick the hell out of somebody/something
References in periodicals archive
Besiege finished fourth, leaving Cecil over pounds 35,000 adrift of Saeed.
Cecil's title in the Bin
NOWSHERA/KARAK -- The residents of Ziarat Kaka Sahib and adjacent villages in Nowshera blocked GT Road to protest unscheduled power loadshedding and over-billing while the local jirga of Karak decided to besiege the office of Pesco in the district.
GT Road blocked against power outages
"The joint forces from al-Jazeera and al-Badiya Operations Command in Anbar Province and al-Jaghaifa tribal fighters managed to besiege three villages in Baghdadi Island in Heet District," the source said in a statement, Iraqi News reported.
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Mosul / NINA/ A source in the Ministry of Peshmerga announced that the Peshmerga forces managed to besiege the elements of the organization "Daash" in the Tabadil Tigari area 45 km north of Mosul.
Peshmerga Besiege Elements Of Daash In Villages North Of Mosul
RAWALPINDI, June 14, 2009 (Frontier Star) --The residents of Sadiqabad have threatened to besiege Sihala Police Station against arresting innocent people including a women and registering fake cases against them.
Residents of Sadiqabad threatens to besiege Sihala Police Station over arrest of woman
The source said in a statement today: "We want a firm stand by the army to end the suffering of the people of Dhuluiyah who are besieged from all sides, as it was for the army in Amerli area especially that Daash detonated today the last bridge connects Dhuluiyah with the surrounding areas to impose a tight besiege what may cause a major humanitarian crisis.
MP for the Iraqi forces coalition, ask the government to immediately intervene to lift the siege on Dhuluiyah
In press briefings and reports to the Security Council, UN officials regularly acknowledge that President Bashar Assad's government refuses to allow critical aid to enter the areas it besieges - or, at the last moment, it forces relief workers to off-load food and medical supplies from their convoys.
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