rally around
idiom
: 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.
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Tarantino's comments inspired fans, and some in Hollywood, to rally around Dano.
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 7 Dec. 2025
The Giants have the opportunity to do the same by continuing to rally around the man that the rest of baseball’s polite society refuses to acknowledge.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
Klein said the organization sees the thrift store as a way to rally around the community’s teachers at a time when the industry is facing consistently high turnover rates from stress and cost barriers.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 30 Nov. 2025
Teams rally around leaders who admit mistakes, share lessons, and use setbacks as springboards.
—Big Think, 25 Nov. 2025
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Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 7 Dec. 2025
The Giants have the opportunity to do the same by continuing to rally around the man that the rest of baseball’s polite society refuses to acknowledge.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 4 Dec. 2025
Klein said the organization sees the thrift store as a way to rally around the community’s teachers at a time when the industry is facing consistently high turnover rates from stress and cost barriers.
—Helen Rummel, AZCentral.com, 30 Nov. 2025
Teams rally around leaders who admit mistakes, share lessons, and use setbacks as springboards.
—Big Think, 25 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for rally around
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“Rally around.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rally%20around. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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