0 past simple and past participle of rally --
1 to (cause to) come together in order to provide support or make a shared effort: --
"Workers of the world unite!" was their rallying cry/call (= a phrase said to encourage support).
[ + obj + to infinitive ] The general rallied his forces to defend the town.
The president has called on the people to rally to/behind the government.
Supporters/Opponents of the new shopping development are trying to rally local people in favour of/against it.
Indeed, then she rallied to your support with a wonderful spirit of friendship and goodwill.
In 1940, when we stood with our backs to the wall, men and women everywhere rallied to the call.
We have been panic-stricken, we can be rallied, and we shall be stronger than ever spiritually.
Social participation levels decreased before the death of a spouse, for understandable reasons, but increased following the loss, as friends and relatives rallied round to provide support.
Rallied under the common flag of a sacred cause, the victims of the invasion found refuge with their outraged 'brothers-inarms', indignant over the treatment they had received.
Alice galvanized the defeated soldiers and rallied new recruits.
We are dealing here with classic examples of the independent artisanal small producer, exactly that social group which supposedly rallied so enthusiastically for the parliament elsewhere.
A consensus grew within the city, as locals rallied to protest the return of the fugitive family.
