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making common cause

making common cause is the present participle and gerund of make common cause.

Meaning of make common cause

Verb

make common cause (third-person singular simple present makes common cause, present participle making common cause, simple past and past participle made common cause)

  1. To cooperate, to enter into an alliance for a shared goal.
    • […] in a great community, the reformer has the voice and approbation of a majority to encourage him. In a very narrow circle he will have no part of the society, in which he lives, to support him against the rest. They will all make common cause against him, and sooner or later overcome his...1786, Philip Francis, Speech in the House of Commons, on Tuesday the 7th of March, 1786, London: J. Debrett, page 35
    Synonyms:
    join forces, team up

Questions about making common cause

What is making common cause the present participle and gerund of?
Making common cause is the present participle and gerund of make common cause.

Words near making common cause in the dictionary

  1. making both ends meet
  2. making bricks without straw
  3. making bricks without straws
  4. making capital out of
  5. making certain
  6. making common cause
  7. making contact with
  8. making conversation
  9. making do
  10. making do and mending
  11. making down

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