circle the/your wagons
 circle the/your wagons — see wagon
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 Main Entry: circle
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 circle the/your wagons
   chiefly US    informal   : to gather a group of people together in order to protect them from being attacked
   — usually used figuratively
   Reporters tend to circle the wagons [=tend to join together to defend themselves] whenever the media are attacked for bias.
  
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 Main Entry: wagon