to join forces
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3.4
- phrasal verb
:
unir fuerzas
- The scientists decided to join forces to combat climate change.
- join forces with others
- join forces to build
- join forces to create
The analysts urge women to join forces to overcome the challenges.
- The analysts urge women to join forces to overcome the challenges.
- He's changed his tune after he joined forces with Trump.
- Is it surreal to see enemies joining forces against you?
- So Saudi Arabia joined forces with Russia, China, Brazil, India, South Africa.
- I think what gridlock could we eradicate if we were to join forces and work together in service of something greater than ourselves?
- How can I join forces with others who are as concerned about where our country is going and where censorship around the world is taking us.
- Where can people go who are looking to join forces with you specifically do so?
Examples
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And now we have decided to join forces and write our first joint fiction.
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The American Heritage Rivers project encouraged local activist groups to join forces with business partners for "sustainable development."
Academic text (2001) -
'Cause we could join forces and catch 'em together.
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Perhaps we can join forces.
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But I also want my community to realize that we need to join forces to achieve what we want.
Academic text (2012) -
Together, we all joined forces to create the new hit game, Block City Battle Buddies.
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The analysts urge women to join forces to overcome the challenges.
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We should join forces with The Pan-Africanist Congress.
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Some of these movements are joining forces to form more powerful movements across the globe.
Academic text (2000) -
The governments of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg joined forces to take over a major financial institution.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
∞
2.1
To join people or things into one group for a shared purpose
∞
1.0
Connect two things so they become attached
728
2.7
To do something with other people to reach the same goal
543
3.3
To work together with other people to reach the same goal
274
2.7
Join with others to work for the same goal
142
2.5
To join with others to work together for a purpose
118
2.8
To bring people together for a meeting or activity
96
4.6
To work with other people to reach a shared goal
95
2.5
Join with other people or groups to work together on a goal
65
3.7
To bring people or things together into one group
50
3.4
Gather people or things and organize them to reach a goal
42
4.2
To work together with other people, groups, or tools to do something
34
3.1
Join with other people to work together for a common purpose
33
3.4
To join others to support the same cause
26
5.9
To come together or bring things together
24
2.7
To work together with others for the same goal
12
4.1
Organize and guide people so they work well together
12
4.0
To join with another person or group to work together for the same goal
9
4.4
Come together to support each other in hard times
5
3.8
To come together and support the same cause
3
3.4
To make a group feel part of the same community
2
6.7
To work together with others to get better results than alone
1
6.1
To join with others to form a group for a common purpose
1
4.6
To join with others to reach a common goal
Help people or groups work together to achieve more than they do alone
Antonyms
How Cooperative
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to come together and work with others' is directly derivable from combining 'join' (to connect or combine) with 'forces' (groups, resources, or collective strength). This is a compositional, cross-linguistically common idea (combine forces/groups), so a B1 learner who knows the parts is likely to infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The verb join forces comes from the image of two groups putting their strength together: join means to come together and forces means groups of people or strength. That's why it means 'to come together and work with others'.