close ranks
Example Sentences
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It’s always easier to close ranks against the external foe than to battle the enemy within.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
I expect, of course, for the president to quickly close ranks.
From Slate • Jul. 18, 2025
He thinks Latino politicians need to close ranks like he feels other ethnicities do.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025
"There is international pressure, and it is increasing," he said, "but it is precisely when the international pressure increases that we must close ranks among ourselves."
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2024
Others managed to close ranks and raise their shields.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
