rally round
Gather in support
Rally round means to come together in support of someone or something, especially during difficulty.
The phrase evokes people physically gathering around a person or cause to offer help, encouragement, or solidarity: The community rallied round the family after the fire.
Often followed by a person, group, or abstract noun: rally round the flag.
- uniteBring together as one
- side withAlly oneself with
- gatherBring or come together
- assistTo give support
- assembleJoin parts together
mutual aid · collaborate · community spirit · back · band together · coalesce · go along with · lend a hand · solidarity · pull for · come together · circle the wagons · in this together · support · congregate · helping hand · pitch in · aid
rally roundabandon
Leave behind permanently
desert · forsake · turn one's back on · leave in the lurch · walk away from
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