Complete Definition of "circling the wagons"

English

Etymology
From the practice in the Wild West of drawing the wagons of a wagon-train into a circle to protect against attack from Indians

Noun

circling the wagons

  1. agreeing on a defensive strategy against criticism or a similar attack
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