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join forces

Idioms  

  1. Act together, combine efforts. For example, The public relations people joined forces to get better coverage for their candidates. This expression originally referred to combining military forces. [Mid-1500s]

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Before joining forces in 2024, Saks and Amazon had been talking for years about how they could work together, according to people familiar with the situation.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the late 1970s, secular and religious Iranians joined forces against the shah.

From The Wall Street Journal

The companies are joining forces in a stock deal valued at more than $6 billion to construct fusion power plants that will help meet demand for electricity.

From Barron's

The companies are joining forces in a stock deal valued at more than $6 billion to construct fusion power plants that will help meet demand for electricity.

From Barron's

They have joined forces to highlight the dangers of "one-punch" attacks and the benefits of what is known as restorative justice.

From BBC

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