"rally round" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-rally round.ogg [Australia] Forms: rallies round [present, singular, third-person], rallying round [participle, present], rallied round [participle, past], rallied round [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rally round (third-person singular simple present rallies round, present participle rallying round, simple past and past participle rallied round)
  1. (idiomatic, said of a group of people) To unite in order to support a fellow group member. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: rally around Derived forms: rally round the flag
    Sense id: en-rally_round-en-verb-G-wRy50z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (round)

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