rallying cry
collocation in Englishmeaningsofrallyandcry
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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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cry
noun
uk/kraɪ/us/kraɪ/
a loud, high sound that expresses ...
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(Definition ofrallyandcryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This is arallyingcryrather than an admission of defeat, however, and research proceeds apace.
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With its vision of belonging, it became therallyingcryof post-war reintegration efforts.
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And multiparty elections quickly became a usefulrallyingcryfor would-be political leaders.
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Its lyrics issued arallyingcryas well as a prophetic warning.
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Well, give them arallyingcry.
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That became a greatrallyingcry.
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What would be therallyingcry?
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What arallyingcryfor a nation.
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That is the radicalrallyingcryfrom another place.
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Not only, then, was access no longer the centralrallyingcry, but the cost of medicine had in most nations been effectively socialized.
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The attack upon land profiteering has always been a popular radicalrallyingcry.
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The simple fact is that therallyingcryis inherently a spurious one.
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That has become something of arallyingcryfor some sections of the animal welfare lobby.
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It was essential that no suchrallyingcryshould be given them.
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If that is to be therallyingcry, it is unlikely to stir the blood.
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That is arallyingcryon which policy could be based, whichever party is in power.
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That might be an attractiverallyingcrybut it not practical politics.
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Therefore, the important thing was not to give them arallyingcry.
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The call for universal suffrage became the mainrallyingcry.
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Will not this be a realrallyingcryfor any non-unionist to get into the trade union?
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The political counterpart to the pursuit of state-led industrialisation was therallyingcryof ' national unity ', which was eventually coupled with the drive for a one-party state.
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For some members of the counterculture, the film was considered to be arallyingcry.
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The problem is that therallyingcrynow is "subsidiarity"—not the most potent of words around which to gain momentum.
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It will be arallyingcryin the country that will bring us back, not holding office without power, but as a real power.
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Many believed the prison sentences were politically motivated, and the issue was arallyingcryfor labour in the campaign.
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