common cause

English

Noun

common cause (countable and uncountable, plural common causes)

1. Shared purpose.
   • 2022 June 29, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Strikes set to escalate as RMT issues rallying call”, in RAIL, number 960, page 6:

     An open invite has been given to all UK workers to join in common cause with the union, as more than 40,000 RMT members at Network Rail and 13 train operating companies walked out on June 21 in the first of three 24-hour strikes over pay, conditions and job security.

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see common,‎ cause.

See also

• make common cause

References

• “common cause”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.