to rally around
30
4.1
- phrasal verb
- /ˈræli əˈraʊnd/
:
unirse en torno a
- However, the community has rallied around Tree and the stand, which has operated since 2008.
- rallied around the president
He married me, but they rallied around my family and and they kept them strong.
- He married me, but they rallied around my family and and they kept them strong.
- If we see that, then I think we should be, you know, rallying around Biden and stopping this discussion.
- I think the church should rally around, you know, people that are going through anything, right.
- And, you know, I'm, I'm proud the team is rallying around this, trying to end the disaster.
- I didn't even come from the same faith as they are from yet the whole church rallied around me to find me an apartment.
- By Trump no longer being in power though there is one less very big thing for them to rally around as a unified force.
- But I do think that it's partly because you have that we can't even agree to rally around the country.
- And everybody, you know, just rallied around me and got me through that, took care of my daughter.
- And, and not just in business, but also rallying around some of the most pressing issues that we have around the world today.
- What is it about your organization that attracts that group and and picks those types of martyrs and heroes to rally around?
- I didn't know him well how that church rallied around my family was just.
Examples
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Close friends rallied around her.
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And probably there would be those who would rally around such an individual.
Blog text (10) -
I think the church should rally around, you know, people that are going through anything, right.
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But what we need to do is rally around this little guy right now, okay?
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Sometimes it helps to rally around a common goal.
Academic text (2013) -
And everybody, you know, just rallied around me and got me through that, took care of my daughter.
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My community and an entire local high school recently rallied around a young boy dying of leukemia.
Blog text (7) -
WCU alumni and the local community have rallied around this special initiative.
Blog text (19) -
With the onset of the Schleswig-Holstein War, the Danes rallied around their king in a great upsurge of national sentiment.
Academic text (1998) -
After the natural disaster, the community rallied around the victims to provide support and assistance.
Synonyms
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1.0
Bring people, things, or information together in one place
274
2.7
Join with others to work for the same goal
133
2.7
Stay together and help each other during hard times
118
2.8
To bring people together for a meeting or activity
95
2.5
Join with other people or groups to work together on a goal
84
2.9
Support a person, group, or cause during hard times
70
1.9
Come together in a group near someone or something
65
3.7
To bring people or things together into one group
50
3.4
Gather people or things and organize them to reach a goal
45
3.6
To join with a person, group, or country for a common purpose
34
3.1
Join with other people to work together for a common purpose
33
3.4
To join others to support the same cause
20
2.6
To help and encourage each other during difficult times
5
3.8
To come together and support the same cause
3
3.4
To make a group feel part of the same community
2
3.0
People and animals come together in a group for safety or shared interest
2
4.1
To stay united and help each other in hard times
1
3.9
Support and defend other people who share a cause
1
3.9
To come together to help someone or a cause
1
4.6
To join with others to reach a common goal
Antonyms
How Supportive
76
5.8
30
4.1
34
3.1
753
1.4
503
2.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
rally + around
The meaning 'to come together to give support' is directly compositional from 'rally' (to assemble or gather supporters) plus 'around' (about/surrounding someone), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the support/collective sense. This verb + preposition pattern is common across languages (e.g., Spanish 'reunirse en torno a') and follows standard English composition, making it transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
Rally around comes from the image of people rally together in a circle around someone who needs help, like friends forming a protective ring. So to 'rally around' today means to join together to 'support' someone in difficulty.