词汇 | make common cause with |
释义 | Idiom make common cause withmake common cause with (someone) formal if one group of people makes common cause with another group, they work together in order to achieve something that both groups want.Environment protesters have made common cause with local people to stop the motorway from being built. make common cause with (someone or something)To work together to do or accomplish something. We've made common cause with the surrounding neighborhoods to stop the city from paving over the local baseball fields. make common cause withunite with in order to achieve a shared aim. 1997 A. Sivanandan When Memory Dies I was sorry that the crows, proud kings of the dung-heap, should make common cause with house-sparrows under the eaves of roofs. |
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