verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
mobilize support (= get people to support something in an active way )
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Part of their mission was to mobilize popular support for Franco.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
group
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Subordinate groups mobilize to attain new advantages and benefits, while dominant groups mobilize to maintain advantages and benefits.
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The group mobilizes franchise systems' resources to help relief agencies during emergencies.
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Subordinate groups mobilize to attain new advantages and benefits, while dominant groups mobilize to maintain advantages and benefits.
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The key groups who mobilize resources include the following: 1.
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Only by offering such incentives can a group begin to mobilize supporters.
support
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During 1990 farmers mobilized considerable support against government plans to reduce restrictions on agricultural imports.
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Nor is an organization's capacity to mobilize public support in meetings or demonstrations necessarily influential or even advantageous.
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Most of its partisans had focused mainly on military actions, neglecting political efforts necessary to mobilize mass support .
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Committees for the Defence of the Revolution were set up in villages and workplaces to mobilize local support .
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To mobilize that support , he carried out a massive decentralization of the Motorola organization, providing new empowerment and ownership throughout.
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Its purpose should be to mobilize support for the policies, personalities, and institutions of the regime.
■ VERB
help
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Black militants came to Ocean Hill-Brownsville from around the city to help mobilize parents and press the racial agenda.
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Following the first three axioms helps to mobilize these and bring them to the aid of the mainline medical program.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Britain mobilized its forces.
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The shooting mobilized the community, which started several political action groups.
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While the US mobilizes, top-level diplomats are making a last attempt to reach a negotiated settlement.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In May 1991 Defence Minister Villiger announced plans to cut the reserves available to be mobilized from 600,000 to 400,000.
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Nor is an organization's capacity to mobilize public support in meetings or demonstrations necessarily influential or even advantageous.
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The Democratic Party officials and machinery mobilized against him after his surprise primary victory and he lost overwhelmingly in the general election.
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They are going to be mobilized merely by the presence of his campaign.
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Yet Chagnon also knew how to mobilize his own camp.
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Yet three-quarters of poverty spending goes to towns, where voters are easier to mobilize .