circle the wagons

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circle the wagons

to stop communicating with people not in your group to avoid their ideas or beliefs Americans are feeling it is an especially good time to spend time with family, to circle the wagons.

Etymology: based on the custom of bringing wagons (vehicles pulled by horses) into a circle when they are being attacked

See also: circle, wagon

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