circle the wagons
US /ˈsɝkl ðə ˈwægənz/
・UK /ˈsɜ:kl ðə ˈwægənz/
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idm.To unite and protect each other from criticism or attack.
When criticized, the team circled the wagons to defend their leader.
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Scott Jennings calls WSJ report on Epstein birthday letter a 'dud'
- I mean, he may have been facing some turbulence over the Epstein situation, but this is the sort of stuff that brings people to circle the wagons around him.
I mean, he may have been facing some turbulence over the Epstein situation, but this is the sort of stuff that brings people to circle the wagons around him.
- I mean, he may have been facing some turbulence over the Epstein situation, but this is the sort of stuff that brings people to circle the wagons around him.
I mean, he may have been facing some turbulence over the Epstein situation, but this is the sort of stuff that brings people to circle the wagons around him.
How Your Personality Can Sabotage Your Success | Eric Barker on Impact Theory
- I mean, if they if they can't leave, then what you look what you get from Robert Axelrod's research was that because they tried it where they had, like, multiple, multiple, multiple games going on, circle the wagons is what I would say is find the few givers or few matchers that are there and affiliate tightly with them and work through them and with them.
I mean, if they if they can't leave, then what you look what you get from Robert Axelrod's research was that because they tried it where they had, like, multiple, multiple, multiple games going on, circle the wagons is what I would say is find the few givers or few matchers that are there and affiliate tightly with them and work through them and with them.
- they tried it where they had multiple games
going on, circle the wagons is what I would
they tried it where they had multiple games going on, circle the wagons is what I would
Brooks and Capehart on what's next for Democrats in the Maine Senate race
- So whoever becomes the Democratic nominee, whoever the Maine Democrats pick, they better pick the person and then circle the wagons around them to give that nominee the best possible shot they can to defeat Susan Collins.
So whoever becomes the Democratic nominee, whoever the Maine Democrats pick, they better pick the person and then circle the wagons around them to give that nominee the best possible shot they can to defeat Susan Collins.
PBS News Hour full episode, July 10, 2026
- So whoever becomes the Democratic nominee, whoever the Maine Democrats pick, they better pick the person and then circle the wagons around them to give that nominee the best possible shot they can to defeat Susan Collins.
So whoever becomes the Democratic nominee, whoever the Maine Democrats pick, they better pick the person and then circle the wagons around them to give that nominee the best possible shot they can to defeat Susan Collins.