join hands en · VERB
Meanings
- (intransitive) To hold hands (to clasp each other's hands).
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(idiomatic, intransitive) To work together to achieve a common goal.
To get the government to change its policy of not providing antiretroviral treatment in the late 1990s and early 2000s, lawyers, scientists, doctors, economists, journalists and communities of people living with HIV joined hands to stand up to the state.
2023 August 7, Mia Malan, “A pandemic is not just a disease – it’s a political, social and economic crisis fuelled by inequality”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| joined hands | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| joined hands | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| joins hands | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| joining hands | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (4)
fi yhdistää voimansa (work together) · cmn 同心協力 /同心协力 (work together) · fi pitää kädestä (hold hands) · cmn 手牽手 /手牵手 (hold hands)