单词 | to rally round the flag |
释义 | > as lemmasto rally round the flag f. Originally U.S. intransitive. to rally round the flag: (of a group) to demonstrate loyalty to the nation or to a cause, esp. at a time of perceived threat. Also attributive with reference to appeals to patriotic feelings (among voters, etc.) ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > be faithful or loyal [verb (intransitive)] > demonstrate loyalty to rally round the flag1837 1837 Gentleman's Mag. Feb. 198/1 He looked to that spirit that would..rally round ‘the flag which braved a thousand years the battle and the breeze’. 1861 G. F. Root Battle Cry of Freedom (song sheet) Yes, we'll rally round the Flag, boys, we'll rally once again, Shouting the battle-cry of Freedom. 1868 Petersburg (Va.) Index 22 June The war being over, we can no longer carry elections by reading bulletins of Union victories, and exhorting the people to rally round the flag. 1898 Evening Democrat (Warren, Pa.) 25 June [He] was foisted upon the Republican voters of the state as their candidate for governor upon a ‘rally 'round the flag, boys,’ platform. 1911 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 38 164 The spirit of patriotism prevailed and they rallied round the flag. 1948 Philos. Rev. 57 165 Sartre's atheism here is essentially a cry to rally round the flag of liberalism and humanism. 1964 New Yorker 4 Jan. 77 Much of the book is written in a tough, choppy, emotional style, but this approach disguises a spurious rally-round-the-flag vision. 1988 H. Sklar Washington's War on Nicaragua xvi. 366 Public opinion followed historical precedent and ‘rallied round the flag’—albeit temporarily—with the introduction of U.S. troops. 2005 Christian Sci. Monitor 1 Sept. 9 There is an urge in the public and in Congress to rally round the flag and support the president no matter how foolish his actions. < as lemmas |
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