https://www.wordsmith.org/words/today.htmlA.Word.A.Dayrfeed v1.1.1https://github.com/svpino/rfeed/blob/master/README.mdhttps://wordsmith.org/words/circle_the_wagons.html<![CDATA[---PRONUNCIATION--- (SUHR-kuhl thuh WAG-uhnz) ---MEANING--- idiom: To gather a group together to assume a defensive stance. ---ETYMOLOGY--- From circle, from Latin circulus (circle) + wagon, from Dutch wagen. Earliest documented use: mid-1800s. NOTES: The phrase arose from the practice of many wagon trains on the American frontier of drawing their wagons into a circle at camp. This helped contain livestock and organize camp life, and it could also offer protection in times of danger. The figurative idiom (“closing ranks against a threat”) didn’t actually gain widespread popularity until the mid-20th century. We largely have the Golden Age of Hollywood Westerns, where cinematic attacks on circled wagons were a highly dramatized, beloved trope, to thank for cementing the phrase in our modern political and corporate vocabulary. When it comes to defense strategies, this one is certainly the most well-rounded. ]]>