rally

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noun

1 political meeting

ADJECTIVE

▪ big, huge, large, major, mass, massive

▪ public

▪ indoor, outdoor

▪

a massive outdoor rally in Buenos Aires

▪ pep (AmE)

▪

a pep rally before the homecoming game

▪ campaign (esp. AmE), election (esp. BrE), political

▪ opposition, protest

▪ peace

▪ anti-government, anti-war, etc.

▪ pro-government, pro-war, etc.

VERB + RALLY

▪ have, hold, stage

▪

The demonstrators marched to Trafalgar Square where they held a rally.

▪ call for, organize, plan

▪ attend, take part in

▪

About 5 000 people attended a rally calling for peace.

▪ address, speak at

▪ ban

▪

The government banned all rallies.

RALLY + VERB

▪ take place

▪ end

▪ call for sth

▪

a rally calling for a boycott of the January elections

PREPOSITION

▪ at a/the rally

▪

She spoke at a public rally in Hyde Park.

▪ rally against

▪

a mass rally against the treaty

▪ rally for

▪

a rally for the winning candidate

▪ rally in support of

▪

a rally in support of the strike

2 recovery

ADJECTIVE

▪ bear-market, market, stock-market (all business)

▪

The US dollar is now ending its bear-market rally.

▪ dollar, euro, etc.

▪ recent

▪ late

▪

The visiting team staged a late rally.

VERB + RALLY

▪ mount, stage

PREPOSITION

▪ rally in

▪

the recent rally in the Treasury market

3 in tennis

ADJECTIVE

▪ long, short

VERB + RALLY

▪ play

▪ win

▪ lose

4 (BrE) motor race

ADJECTIVE

▪ club, international

▪ motor, motorcycle

VERB + RALLY

▪ hold, organize

▪ compete in, enter

▪ win

RALLY + NOUN

▪ circuit

▪ driver, driving

PREPOSITION

▪ on a/the rally

▪

He will join the team on the rally next week.

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verb

ADVERB

▪ around, round (esp. BrE)

▪

Everyone rallied around and offered to help.

VERB + RALLY

▪ try to

▪

The team captain vainly tried to rally his troops.

PREPOSITION

▪ around, behind, round (esp. BrE)

▪

She urged everyone to rally behind the President.

▪ to

▪

Friends rallied to her.

PHRASES

▪ rally around the flag

▪

We were at war and everyone was rallying around the flag.

▪ rally to sb's defence/defense

▪

BBC leaders rallied to his defence.

▪ rally to sb's/the cause

▪

Friends and colleagues have rallied to her cause.

Rally is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑market, ↑stock

Rally is used with these nouns as the object: ↑support, ↑supporter, ↑troops