rally
Related to rally: Rally racing
rally around
To unite or join with someone or something to lend support or assistance. The local community has rallied around the family after it emerged that they were unable to pay their son's medical expenses. Our campaign will only be successful if enough people rally around and help spread and support our cause.
See also: around, rally
rally round
To unite or join with someone or something to lend support or assistance. The local community has rallied round the family after it emerged that they were unable to pay their son's medical expenses. Our campaign will only be successful if enough people rally round and help spread and support our cause.
See also: rally, round
rally to (someone or something)
1. To unite or join with someone or something to lend support or assistance. The local community has rallied to the family after it emerged that they were unable to pay their son's medical expenses. It has been extraordinary seeing people rally to the movement with such enthusiasm.
2. To cause, compel, or incite someone to unite or join with someone or something else to lend support or assistance. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "rally" and "to." We've been canvassing neighborhoods around the county in an effort to rally people to our cause. A group of fans has been trying to rally people to the actor following the scandalous allegations against him.
See also: rally
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
rally around someone or something
Fig. to unite or assemble in support of someone or something. All the other workers rallied around Fred in his fight with management. They rallied around the principle that Fred stood for.
See also: around, rally
rally to someone or something
to unite in support of someone or something. The students rallied to Betty, their elected president. We all rallied to the cause.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
pep someone up
Invigorate someone or cheer someone up, as in This drink will pep you up, or The good news about his recovery pepped us up. [1920s] Both the verb pep and the noun pep, denoting vigor and energy since about 1910, are abbreviations for pepper, a spice with a pungent, biting quality. They also have given rise to pep rally, a meeting to inspire enthusiasm [c. 1940], and pep talk, a speech meant to instill enthusiasm or bolster morale [1920s].
See also: pep, someone, up
rally around
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]
See also: around, rally
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
rally
(ˈræli)1. n. get-together of some kind; a party, usually informal, possibly spontaneous. There’s a rally over at Tom’s tonight.
2. in. to hold a get-together of some kind; to party. (Collegiate.) Let’s rally tonight about midnight.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
rally 'round the flag
Support a candidate, cause, or country. The phrase was ascribed to General Andrew Jackson at the battle of New Orleans but soon came to be used in American politics for supporting a campaign. It entered the vocabulary once and for all with George F. Root’s Civil War song “The Battle Cry of Freedom”: “Rally ’round the flag, boys, Rally once again, Shouting the battle-cry of freedom.”
See also: flag, rally
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- rally around
- rally to
- rally to (someone or something)
- rally round
- lend a hand with
- lend a hand with (something)
- unite with
- unite with (someone or something)
- merge with
- lend (someone) (one's) ear