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Idiom

join forces

Meaning

To combine labour, to come together, to unite.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Let us join forces to finish this project quickly.”

“The two small companies decided to join forces so they could compete with the larger businesses in the city.”

“In order to address the growing environmental crisis, the rival nations agreed to join forces and share their scientific research for the benefit of the planet.”

Examples

simple

“Let us join forces to finish this project quickly.”

contextual

“The two small companies decided to join forces so they could compete with the larger businesses in the city.”

complex

“In order to address the growing environmental crisis, the rival nations agreed to join forces and share their scientific research for the benefit of the planet.”

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