join hands

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

1. intransitiveTo hold hands (to clasp each other's hands).
2. idiomaticintransitiveTo work together to achieve a common goal.

   To get the government to change its policy of not providing antiretroviral treatment in the late 1990s and early 2000s, lawyers, scientists, doctors, economists, journalists and communities of people living with HIV joined hands to stand up to the state.

   2023 August 7, Mia Malan, “A pandemic is not just a disease – it’s a political, social and economic crisis fuelled by inequality”, in The Guardian

   Synonyms: join forces