rally for/behind

idiom

: to publicly show support for

Parents rallied for/behind the new dress code guidelines.

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As global fans rally behind their heroes, the competition culminates in a dramatic Brazil vs Argentina match. —Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 May 2024

At some point, the 49ers will welcome back the Detroit Lions, who blew a 24-7 halftime lead and let Brock Purdy & Co. rally for a 34-31 win to clinch the Halas Trophy and a Super Bowl berth. —Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024

Crouch conceded the race around 7:30 p.m. and urged the GOP to rally behind Braun. —Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 7 May 2024

Nearly a year ago, a jury convicted him of peddling political merchandise without a sales permit in Utica during a 2021 rally for Trump. —Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024

The encampment appeared one day after about 1,000 students at San Diego State University held a walkout and rally for the same cause. —Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2024

Videos of a Saturday-night rally for this purpose in Tehran’s Palestine Square appeared to show a couple of hundred people there at most. —Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2024

Then, when Trump refused to accept the results of the 2020 election, and again in the aftermath of the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, nearly 50 chief executives, including the heads of Johnson & Johnson and Walmart, came together to rally behind America’s democratic institutions. —Jonathan Mahler Edoardo Ballerini Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024

Trump's most recent attacks on some migrants came Saturday, during what was scheduled to be a guest appearance at a campaign rally for Ohio Senate candidate Bernie Moreno. —Soo Rin Kim, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2024