JOIN FORCES

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected forms: joined forces , joining forces , joins forces

Meaning:

Work together on a common enterprise of project

Example:

We joined forces with another research group

Synonyms:

collaborate; cooperate; get together; join forces

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "join forces" is one way to...):

work (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity)

Verb group:

collaborate (cooperate as a traitor)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "join forces"):

collaborate (cooperate as a traitor)

go along; play along (cooperate or pretend to cooperate)

Sentence frames:

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