descend upon

English

Alternative forms

• descend on

Verb

descend upon (third-person singular simple present descends upon, present participle descending upon, simple past and past participle descended upon)

1. To arrive, usually without warning or invitation.
   1. To make an attack or incursion, from or as if from a vantage ground; to come suddenly and with violence.
   2. To arrive suddenly or unexpectedly, especially in a manner that causes disruption or inconvenience.

      My neighbour descended upon me just as I was walking out the door.

2. To visit in large numbers, especially a public place.
   • 2013, Laurie Gaarrett, Maxine Builder, The Middle East Plague Goes Global‎^[1]:

     This fall, millions of devout Muslims will descend upon Mecca, Medina, and Saudi Arabia's holy sites in one of the largest annual migrations in human history.

Translations

visit in large numbers