join forces

[join forces] or [join hands] {v. phr.}

To get together for the same aim; group together for a purpose; unite.

* /The students and the graduates joined forces to raise money when the gym burned down./

* /The American soldiers joined hands with the British in the war against Germany./

Compare: THROW IN ONE'S LOT WITH.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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