What's the right verb in this situation?
Five men are surrounding a man wanting to fight, the one man says,
"If you're good, .................... Let's fight one-on-one."
What's the most natural way to tell them not to use many people against one, not to be a gang, but come one by one?
Can I say
"Don't be a group of curs"
"Real fighters don't gang up." ?
Thank you.
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Answers · 2
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No, 'crowd around' doesn't work for what you want to say.
How you word it, depends on the particular nuance you want to give.
If you're not mocking them, then you could say "If you're good, don't rush all at once. Let's fight one-on-one." This says no more than don't all come at once.
If you want to mock them a little and shame them into just attacking you one by one, then "If you're good, don't be cowards. Let's fight one-on-one".
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It would be "don't gang up on me."
The phrase "don't be a group of curs" is technically correct but sounds funny, because the word "cur" is very outdated.
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