rally around

Idioms

Join in a common effort, as in When Mom broke her leg the entire family rallied around to help. This idiom gained currency with George F. Root's famous Civil War song, “The Battle Cry of Freedom,” which urges troops to rally round the flag that goes with them into battle. [Early 1800s]

Example Sentences

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Hidalgo, the outgoing mayor who beat Dati in the last election, has called on the left to rally around Gregoire.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

But to rally around Prejean Boller would be a mistake.

From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026

He also appealed to Kurds across the world and friends of the region to "rally around the resistance of SDF fighters to ensure the protection of civilians", it said.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026

In a Reuters interview last week, Trump expressed skepticism that Iranians would rally around a post-regime figure such as Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of Iran’s shah overthrown in the 1979 revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Her birth had been welcomed and, in spite of recent troubles, everyone would rally around to make her future as pleasant as possible.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer

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