join hands

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join hands

verb joins hands · joining hands · joined hands

  1. intransitive To hold hands (to clasp each other's hands).
  2. 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.

    Similar: join forces

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verb hold hands

中文手牽手 /手牵手

verb work together

中文同心協力 /同心协力 tóngxīnxiélì

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@misc{join_hands_2026,
  title = {join hands},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/join%20hands},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}