descend on/uponsomeone/something
phrasal verbwithdescendverbuk/dɪˈsend/us/dɪˈsend/
If agroupofpeopledescendon aplaceorperson, theyarrive, usually withoutwarningor without beinginvited:
Sorry todescendon you like this, but we didn't have aphonetocallyou.
Thepolicedescendedon thehousein the earlyhoursof themorning.
Visiting
- attraction
- beard the lion (inhis/herden)idiom
- been
- call
- call (in) onsomeone
- call by
- come round
- haunt
- homestay
- house-to-house
- look around(somewhere/something)
- look in
- pay
- pop
- stop
- stop in
- stop offsomewhere
- stop over
- swing by/past(something)
- visit withsomeone
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Arriving, entering and invading