rally around
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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: to muster for a common purpose
: to recall to order
: to arouse for action
: a mustering of scattered forces to renew an effort
: a summoning up of strength or courage after weakness or dejection
: a recovery of price after a decline
: to attack with raillery : banter
: in a circle or in circumference
: in, along, or through a circuit
: on all or various sides : in every or any direction
: on all sides of
: so as to encircle or enclose
: so as to avoid or get past : on or to another side of
: about
: being in existence, evidence, or circulation
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