rallying call

collocation in English

meaningsofrallyandcall

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rally
noun[C]
uk
/ˈræl.i/us
/ˈræl.i/
a public meeting of a large group of people, especially supporters of a ...
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call
noun
uk
/kɔːl/us
/kɑːl/
the act of using ...
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(Definition ofrallyandcallfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrallying call

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Phrases of the melody accompany the activities of the factory workers, interrupting their work and acting as arallyingcallto revolt.
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Getting this issue out into the open could then be used as arallyingcallto have clinicians pay even closer attention to these potential biases.
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Unhappily, prison reform is not a popularrallyingcall.
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It makes a finerallyingcalland, to some extent, it is fair.
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We mean it as arallyingcall: you are on the right road!
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That is arallyingcall!
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Let us therefore go out from here tonight with arallyingcallfor a campaign on behalf of all those who suffer, this year and in the years to come.
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After the death of many of them, the atrocity became a popularrallyingcallfor revenge.
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The call also serves arallyingcallto summon others to mob and harass the predator.
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It is arallyingcall, or a cry for help, used by carnies in a fight with outsiders.
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However, her delivery is hardly the peppyrallyingcallthat the lyrics call for and if a song ever demanded to be uptempo, this would be it.
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