| 释义 |       present participle of close ranks         as in cooperatingto form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members Members of the community closed ranks to rally for better schools.       cooperating     pulling together     uniting     collaborating     federating     banding (together)     hanging together     ganging up     merging     leaguing     allying     confederating     organizing     clubbing     coalescing     cohering     caballing     conjoining     joining     teaming (up)     consolidating     converging     associating     grouping     combining     incorporating     linking     amalgamating     unionizing     affiliating     tying     knotting     wedding     tieing     conglomerating       See More   breaking up     splitting     separating     disbanding     falling out     parting     dissolving     severing     segregating     divorcing     disengaging     detaching     alienating     sundering     disuniting     estranging   |