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.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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