join forces

present singular third person joins forces · participle present joining forces · participle past joined forces · past joined forces

1. idiomaticTo combine labour, to come together, to unite.

   2018 December 22, Tom Woods, "Ben Shapiro and Bette Midler sittin' in a tree", Lewrockwell.comhttp://www.lewrockwell.com/2018/12/thomas-woods/ben-shapiro-and-bette-midler-sittin-in-a-tree When Hollywood and the neocons join forces against something, you know it has to be good.

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   The poor [banana] is even further shrunken. It is no longer spotted. The flecks have joined forces to form brown blotches all over the fruit.

   1979 February 3, Nancy Walker, “Going Bananas”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 27, page 11

   It all started 6 years ago, as Rutgers University scientists Allan Conney, Ph.D., and George C. Wagner, Ph.D., chatted at an office get-together. […] From this conversation, the two decided to pool their knowledge and join forces.

   2007 November, Elizabeth Drake, “Combine and conquer: Use these winning food pairings to protect your health”, in Men's Health, volume 22, number 9, →ISSN, page 124

   MPs and non-affiliated peers from across the Leeds City Region have joined forces and are calling on Government to publicly commit to building HS2 East to Leeds at the same time as HS2 West is built to Manchester.

   2020 June 17, Richard Clinnick, “Network News: MPs join forces to push for confirmation on HS2 to Leeds”, in Rail, page 22

   Synonyms: join hands, band together