rally behind
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To support, particularly in a time of crisis.
Example Sentences
- "But I know my role. I'm the one who rallies behind the kids."
- "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."
- "Initially, party elites did not rally behind Trump because his candidacy was not perceived as credible."
- "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."
Inflected Forms
rallies behind (present, singular)
rallying behind (participle, present)
rallied behind (participle, past)
rallied behind (past)