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• make common cause — ► make common cause unite in order to achieve a shared aim. Main Entry: ↑cause …   English terms dictionary

• make common cause — index affiliate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• make common cause — to work together to achieve something. A number of groups have made common cause with local people to stop the highway from being built. The two countries have begun to make common cause against shared enemies. Related vocabulary: have something… …   New idioms dictionary

• make common cause with someone — make 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… …   New idioms dictionary

• make 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 …   New idioms dictionary

• make common cause with — index combine (act in concert), cooperate, involve (participate) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• To make common cause with — Cause Cause (k[add]z), n. [F. cause, fr. L. causa. Cf. {Cause}, v., {Kickshaw}.] 1. That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist. [1913 Webster] Cause is substance exerting its… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• To make common cause with — Common Com mon, a. [Compar. {Commoner}; superl. {Commonest}.] [OE. commun, comon, OF. comun, F. commun, fr. L. communis; com + munis ready to be of service; cf. Skr. mi to make fast, set up, build, Goth. gamains common, G. gemein, and E. mean low …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• make common cause — unite in order to achieve a shared aim. → cause …   English new terms dictionary

• make common cause — phrasal to unite to achieve a shared goal …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• make common cause — verb To cooperate, to enter into an alliance for a shared goal …   Wiktionary