make common cause

(slightly formal)

to work together to achieve something A number of groups have made common cause with local people to stop the highway from being built. The two countries have begun to make common cause against shared enemies.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
ÁBrahÁM	-	Hungarian
Golden	['gəuldən]
Lis	-	Danish, Swedish, Norwegian
Jarogniew	yah-RAWG-nyef	Polish (Rare)
Abdul	[a:b'du:l]
Olimpia	aw-LEEM-pyah (Polish)	Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian