to come together to protect the group from criticism
собираться вместе, чтобы защитить группу от критики (sobirat'sya vmeste, chtoby zashchitit' gruppu ot kritiki)
"Fans circle the wagons when the coach faces unfair blame."
"Фанаты циркли зе вагонс, когда тренер сталкивается с несправедливыми обвинениями." (Fanaty cirkli ze vagons, kogda trener stalkivaetsya s nespravedlivymi obvineniyami.)
to enroll or participate in a collective action
to claim or pretend something about someone or something
to get rid of something; to abolish
to help someone see things in a new or different way
to execute or implement something as planned
to remind someone of something from the past
