close ranks

Example Sentences

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"I knew they would close ranks," Fraser said in his latest interview.

From BBC

"I knew they would close ranks," Fraser said of the HFPA.

From Salon

“I knew they would close ranks,” Fraser told GQ.

From Seattle Times

Their chorus of supportive comments on Wednesday suggested a concerted attempt to close ranks behind the top military leadership at a perilous moment in the war and to put on a united front.

From Reuters

David Deane, an associate professor of theology at the Atlantic School of Theology in Nova Scotia, said members of the clergy often close ranks and cannot be trusted to investigate one another.

From Washington Post