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Adjective rallying has 1 sense
- rallying - rousing or recalling to unity and renewed effort; "a rallying cry"
Antonym: discouraging (indirect, via encouraging)
Noun rallying has 2 senses
- rallying - the act of mobilizing for a common purpose; "the bell was a signal for the rallying of the whole neighborhood"
--1 is a kind of mobilization, mobilisation
- rally, rallying - 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"
--2 is a kind of deed, feat, effort, exploit
Verb rally has 5 senses
- beat up, drum up, rally - gather; "drum up support"
--1 is one way to collect, pull in
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- call up, mobilize, mobilise, rally - call to arms; of military personnel
--2 is one way to call, send for
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- muster, rally, summon, come up, muster up - gather or bring together; "muster the courage to do something"; "she rallied her intellect"; "Summon all your courage"
--3 is one way to gather, garner, collect, pull together
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- rally, rebound - return to a former condition; "The jilted lover soon rallied and found new friends"; "The stock market rallied"
--4 is one way to recover, go back, recuperate
Sample sentences:
The stock market is going to rally
The business is going to rally
- tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride - harass with persistent criticism or carping; "The children teased the new teacher"; "Don't ride me so hard over my failure"; "His fellow workers razzed him when he wore a jacket and tie"
--5 is one way to mock, bemock
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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