rally around

phrase

: to join together to support (someone or something) in a difficult time or situation

We rallied around our neighbors when their house burned down.

When the town library lost its funding, the community rallied around it.

Examples of rally around in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Cruz remained neutral in the primary and urged his party to rally around Paxton after the runoff. — Matthew Choi, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2026

So as this third wave of philanthropy comes to shore, let’s rally around these new philanthropists. — Melissa Stevens, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026

Without any obvious choice to rally around like Kendrick Lamar, hip-hop is likely to go as unrecognized in the major categories as country usually does. — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

Lehane told reporters Tuesday that the company was prepared to rally around any federal AI safety effort that could pass and that perfect should not be the enemy of good. — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for rally around

• abound
• aground
• astound
• background
• campground
• clothbound
• confound
• earthbound
• eastbound
• expound
• fairground
• foreground