[ral-ee] 
verb, -lied, -ly⋅ing, noun, plural -lies.| 1. | to bring into order again; gather and organize or inspire anew: The general rallied his scattered army. |
| 2. | to draw or call (persons) together for a common action or effort: He rallied his friends to help him. |
| 3. | to concentrate or revive, as one's strength, spirits, etc.: They rallied their energies for the counterattack. |
| 4. | to come together for common action or effort: The disunited party rallied in time for the election campaign. |
| 5. | to come together or into order again: The captain ordered his small force to rally at the next stream. |
| 6. | to come to the assistance of a person, party, or cause (often fol. by to or around): to rally around a political candidate. |
| 7. | to recover partially from illness: He spent a bad night but began to rally by morning. |
| 8. | to find renewed strength or vigor: The runner seemed to be rallying for a final sprint. |
| 9. | Finance.
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| 10. | (in tennis, badminton, etc.) to engage in a rally. |
| 11. | to participate in a long-distance automobile race. |
| 12. | Baseball. (of a team) to score one or more runs in one inning. |
| 13. | a recovery from dispersion or disorder, as of troops. |
| 14. | a renewal or recovery of strength, activity, etc. |
| 15. | a partial recovery of strength during illness. |
| 16. | a drawing or coming together of persons, as for common action, as in a mass meeting: A political rally that brought together hundreds of the faithful. |
| 17. | a get-together of hobbyists or other like-minded enthusiasts, primarily to meet and socialize. |
| 18. | Finance. a sharp rise in price or active trading after a declining market. |
| 19. | (in tennis, badminton, etc.)
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| 20. | Boxing. an exchange of blows. |
| 21. | Baseball. the scoring of one or more runs in one inning. |
| 22. | British Theater. a quickening of pace for heightening the dramatic effect in a scene or act. |
| 23. | Shipbuilding. a series of blows with battering rams, made in order to drive wedges under a hull to raise it prior to launching. |
| 24. | Also, rallye. a long-distance automobile race, esp. for sports cars, held over public roads unfamiliar to the drivers, with numerous checkpoints along the route. |
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Join in a common effort, as in When Mom broke her leg the entire family rallied around to help. This idiom gained currency with George F. Root's famous Civil War song, "The Battle Cry of Freedom," which urges troops to rally round the flag that goes with them into battle. [Early 1800s]
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