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JOIN FORCES
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Irregular inflected forms: joined forces , joining forces , joins forces
I. (verb)
Sense 1
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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Somebody ----s PP
