make common cause with

make common cause with somebody

(formal)

if one group of people makes common cause with another group, they work together in order to achieve something that both groups want Environment protesters have made common cause with local people to stop the motorway from being built.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Iago	ee-A-gaw (Welsh, Galician), ee-AH-go (English)	Welsh, Galician, Portuguese
Ephraim	EE-free-im (English), EE-frəm (English), E-free-im (English), E-frəm (English)	Biblical, Jewish, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Obed	O-bed (English)	Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Fareed	-	Arabic, Urdu
Jaxson	JAK-sən	English (Modern)
Lata	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi