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.
See also: cause, common, make

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Aliaksandr-Belarusian
Dipa-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil
Muhammadmu-HAHM-mahd (Arabic)Arabic, Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, Bengali, Tajik, Indonesian, Malay
ChitaCHEE-tahSpanish
Thilo-German
Lovrenco-Croatian (Rare)