rally around

Idioms  

1. 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]

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Example Sentences

George, whose mother during England's 2024 Six Nations campaign, had promised England's squad will rally around Itoje on his return to the set-up.

From BBC

Club and country team-mate Jamie George says England will rally around captain Maro Itoje as he grieves the death of his mother.

From BBC

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

Chamberlain adds: “It’s cool to be part of something, and it’s just lovely to see the community rally around this story.”

From Los Angeles Times

Behnam Ben Taleblu, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said the risk from intervention was less that Iranians rally around the flag than that they become afraid to go out.

From Barron's