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rally round

phrasal verb

Definition of rally round

chiefly British
: to join together to support (someone or something) in a difficult time or situation
  • We rallied round our neighbors when their house burned down.
  • When the town library lost its funding, the community rallied round it.

Word by Word Definitions

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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round play

  1. : having every part of the surface or circumference equidistant from the center

  2. : cylindrical

  3. : approximately round

  1. : around

  1. : something (such as a circle, globe, or ring) that is round

  2. : a knot of people

  3. : a circle of things

  1. : to make round

  2. : to make (the lips) round and protruded (as in the pronunciation of \ü\)

  3. : to pronounce with lip rounding : labialize

  1. : around

  2. : all during : throughout

  1. : whisper

  2. : to speak to in a whisper

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