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Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.
Stokely Carmichael

Meaning of "close ranks" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CLOSE RANKS

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLOSE RANKS

close call
close combat
close company
close corporation
close down
close harmony
close in
close one´s eyes
close out
close position
close punctuation
close quarters
close season
close shave
close the book on
close the books
close to the bone
close to the wind
close with
close work

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLOSE RANKS

Banks
branks
break ranks
Fairbanks
Grand Banks
Hanks
lower ranks
other ranks
ranks
return thanks
spindleshanks
thanks
upper ranks
vote of thanks

Synonyms and antonyms of close ranks in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «close ranks» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLOSE RANKS

Find out the translation of close ranks to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of close ranks from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «close ranks» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

联袂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cerrar filas
570 millions of speakers

English

close ranks
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

करीब रैंकों
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

صفوف قريبة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сплотиться
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cerrar fileiras
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বন্ধ সংখ্যা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rangs serrés
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kedudukan rapat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Reihen schließen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

近いランク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가까운 순위
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rangking cedhak
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

cấp bậc chặt chẽ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நெருங்கிய அணிகளில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बंद क्रमांक लागतो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yakın rütbeler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chiudi fila
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zewrzeć szeregi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

згуртуватися
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rândurile strânse
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοντά τάξεις
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

naby geledere
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

close leden
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nære rekkene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of close ranks

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLOSE RANKS»

The term «close ranks» is regularly used and occupies the 69.776 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about close ranks

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QUOTES WITH «CLOSE RANKS»

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Stokely Carmichael
Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLOSE RANKS»

Discover the use of close ranks in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to close ranks and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Hubert Harrison Reader
1 (July 11, 1918); "Historic Colored Liberty Congress," Boston Guardian, July 6, 1918; "Liberty Congress in Interesting Session," NYA, July 6, 1918; Allen, "'Close Ranks,' 25-38; "Address to the Committee on Public Information, 1918," in ...
Hubert Harrison, Jeffrey B. Perry, 2001
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Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms
... and other soldiers have been standing) close ranks to show support for other members of your group ♢ Dale urged his former rivals to close ranks behind his candidacy. origin: based on the military meaning of close ranks (= to form a straight ...
Paul Heacock, 2003
3
Race and U.S. Foreign Policy from 1900 Through World War II
"Close Ranks" by W. E. B. Du Bois, the journal's editor and the nation's leading spokesman for equal rights, advised blacks to stop agitating for equality for the duration of World War I. "Let us, while this war lasts, forget our special grievances  ...
Michael L. Krenn, 1998
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Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918
Ellis, "'Closing Ranks,'" 122, notes that Elliott M. Rudwick (W. E. B. Du Bois [New York: Atheneum, 1969], 203) described "Close Ranks" as a "colossal blunder" and that "Du Bois was scarred by the accusations of treachery from fellow black ...
Jeffrey Babcock Perry, 2009
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Du Bois and His Rivals
70 Because of the captaincy, "Close Ranks" seemed to involve something worse than lowering sails during a wartime storm. Du Bois was accused of being party to a corrupt bargain. He was called a "traitor" and a "Benedict Arnold."71 He was  ...
Raymond Wolters, 2003
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Principles of Military Movements, Chiefly Applied to ...
There are two distances of ranks, open and close; when open they are three paces asunder; when close, they are one pace; and when the body is halted and to fire, they are still closer locked up. Close ranks is the constant and habitual order, ...
Sir David Dundas, 1788
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COLOR AND CULTURE
For in the July Crisis Du Bois published his notorious editorial “Close Ranks.” Its most famous passage urged: “let us not hesitate. Let us, while this war lasts, forget our special grievances and close our ranks shoulder to shoulder with our white ...
Ross POSNOCK, 2009
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Coming from Battle to Face a War: The Lynching of Black ...
When “Close Ranks” was published the War Deparment found the editorial “very satisfactory.”53 However, many members of the black community felt personally betrayed by Du Bois's sentiments and the controversy has since been addressed  ...
Vincent Mikkelsen, 2007
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Race, War, and Surveillance: African Americans and the ...
A few days after Spingarn departed for France, Du Bois replied to a sympathetic request for information about "Close Ranks" and the commission from Lafayette Hershaw, a Niagara Movement stalwart who had defended him at the Washington ...
Mark Ellis, 2001
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Civil Rights and the Making of the Modern American State
and close ranks shoulder to shoulder with our white fellow citizens and allied nations fighting for democracy.”121 This is not to say that all African Americans supported the war effort. There was a considerable amount of contestation within the ...
Megan Ming Francis, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLOSE RANKS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term close ranks is used in the context of the following news items.
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State of Origin 2015: Maroons close ranks around under-siege …
State of Origin 2015: Maroons close ranks around under-siege captain Cameron Smith. by: TODD BALYM; From: The Courier-Mail; July 07, ... «Courier Mail, Jul 15»
2
State of Origin 2015 Game 3: Blues should relish Queensland …
SIEGE: Maroons close ranks around Cameron Smith. 06/07/2005. Anthony Minichiello and Andrew Johns of NSW celebrate winning State. «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
3
State of Origin 2015 Game 3: Blues enforcer Beau Scott planning to …
SIEGE: Maroons close ranks around Smith. “We won the series last year but if we can't get it done this time, well, people are going to make their ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jul 15»
4
East Hampton council OKs $41.05 million budget
But the cuts were varied enough they allowed the council, which had split 4-3 on each of three previous budgets, to close ranks and vote 7-0 for ... «Middletown Press, Jul 15»
5
Friction wakes the SACP from its slumber
... not rule out the possibility of the African National Congress (ANC) being captured by "elements" that would "close ranks against the SACP". «BDlive, Jul 15»
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1997 Phantom Coup - Monarch Unhappy Over Jonathan's Selective …
... saying the best thing the political class needed to do at the moment was to close ranks for Muhammadu Buhari's adminis- tration to effectively ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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17 things that happen at every hen party
If anyone poses a threat to the group, in anyway, the hens will close ranks faster than you can blink. We're a scary bunch. MORE: The 10 stages ... «Metro, Jul 15»
8
True Detective Recap 'Maybe Tomorrow': A Reason to Live
That means finding someone to pin the Ben Caspere murder on so they can wrap this up and close ranks again before anybody else gets too ... «Nerdcore Movement, Jul 15»
9
Happy 4th: A Nation Pulling Apart and Norman Rockwell
The African-American community and the cops are facing off, saying among themselves: “they close ranks; they stick together” and fear and ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
10
AM Roundup: Liberal Justices Close Ranks
Law Blog rounds up the morning's legal news: Divided they fall: Liberal Supreme Court justices this term stuck together with a consistency the ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»

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