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UK
/ɹˈæli/
]
[ US /ˈɹæɫi/ ]
[ US /ˈɹæɫi/ ]
VERB
-
harass with persistent criticism or carping
Don't ride me so hard over my failure
His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie
The children teased the new teacher - call to arms; of military personnel
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gather
drum up support -
gather or bring together
muster the courage to do something
Summon all your courage
she rallied her intellect -
return to a former condition
The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends
The stock market rallied
NOUN
- a large gathering of people intended to arouse enthusiasm
- a marked recovery of strength or spirits during an illness
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(sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes
after a short rally Connors won the point - an automobile race run over public roads
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the feat of mustering strength for a renewed effort
he singled to start a rally in the 9th inning
he feared the rallying of their troops for a counterattack
How To Use rally In A Sentence
- In my view his confrontational, gladiatorial style has been a major contributor to the widespread disdain of the British public for politicians generally. Times, Sunday Times
- Some of my remarks here are directed toward conventional scientists, who generally refrain from commenting critically on the wild ideas of a few of their colleagues because it is bad manners.
- Labour is naturally a bit shell-shocked finding itself out of office for the first time in 13 years. Times, Sunday Times
- So far, only a couple of the trees (literally two) have been found to be successful in fending off beetle attacks, using chemical and physical responses similar to those in lower-elevation tree species, such as lodgepole pine and Douglas fir. Louisa Willcox: Whitebark Pine: Functionally Gone in Much of the Greater Yellowstone
- It literally unlocks the prejudice of so many people, and emancipates them from the dungeon of partial judgment. WHAT IS SAID, NOT WHO SAYS IT
- However, added the mayor, city hall will naturally respect the court's order, whatever it may be.
- He literally danced his music into being, conducting his bass players, drummers and horn section with his hips.
- Distrust naturally creates distrust, and by nothing is good-will and kind conduct more speedily changed than by invidious jealousies and uncandid imputations, whether expressed or implied.
- They are also quite preternaturally ugly, bringing a rude abbreviation to the extension of the leg and drawing attention to the unbeautiful formlessness of the shoe, and the cheapness of its material and fabrication.
- Naturally, this makes interpersonal relations, especially with societies unexposed to the advantages of the American lifestyle, a little difficult.
