All the other workers rallied around Fred in his fight with management.
•They rallied around the principle that Fred stood for.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
rally around — ˌrally ˈround ˌrally a ˈround [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they rally round present participle rallying round … Useful english dictionary
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