descend upon

English

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  • descend on

Verb

descend upon (something or someone)

  1. to visit in large numbers
    • 2013, Laurie Gaarrett, Maxine Builder, The Middle East Plague Goes Global:
      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.

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