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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

rally behind en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To support, particularly in a time of crisis.
    • I rallied behind him completely. If there was a trophy for cheerleading I would have won it because I was my husband's biggest supporter. 2020 February 1, Sue Nyathi, The Polygamist, Pan Macmillan South africa, →ISBN:
    • But I know my role. I'm the one who rallies behind the kids. 2005 02, Paula Abdul, quotee, People:
    • Now, in May, he rallied behind the Crown's long-term plan to create a royal museum that displayed its historic collection alongside recently purchased artworks. 2024 May 31, David Gilks, Quatremère de Quincy: Art and Politics during the French Revolution, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 65:
    • Initially, party elites did not rally behind Trump because his candidacy was not perceived as credible. 2020 April 7, Agnès Alexandre-Collier, Alexandra Goujon, Guillaume Gourgues, Innovations, Reinvented Politics and Representative Democracy, Routledge, →ISBN:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
rallying behind Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rallied behind Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rallied behind Tense=Past lexicographic
rallies behind Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic