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rally around

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Definition of rally around

: 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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rally play

  1. : to muster for a common purpose

  2. : to recall to order

  3. : to arouse for action

  1. : a mustering of scattered forces to renew an effort

  2. : a summoning up of strength or courage after weakness or dejection

  3. : a recovery of price after a decline

  1. : to attack with raillery : banter

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around play

  1. : in a circle or in circumference

  2. : in, along, or through a circuit

  3. : on all or various sides : in every or any direction

  1. : on all sides of

  2. : so as to encircle or enclose

  3. : so as to avoid or get past : on or to another side of

  1. : about

  2. : being in existence, evidence, or circulation

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