rally around

idiom

: to join together to support (someone or something) in a difficult time or situation

We rallied around our neighbors when their house burned down.

When the town library lost its funding, the community rallied around it.

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Ian, which barreled onto shore in September 2022, was about wind; ferocious gusts that blew apart houses and snapped the tops off oak trees and prompted residents of this working-class city to rally around a new slogan: #EnglewoodStrong. —

Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Jan. 2025 The massive rally around Tesla led in January 2021 to Elon Musk deposing Bezos. —

Dylan Matthews, Vox, 2 Jan. 2025 The playerbase was thriving as a result, and the community seemed to rally around how fun the playlist was. —

Paul Tassi, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024 An estimated 100,000 people rally around South Korea's parliament in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 7, 2024, awaiting an anticipated vote on the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol. —

Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for rally around