common cause

Noun

Meaning

Shared purpose.

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

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Examples

Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex; and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider the vast power that the law gives us over them. William Cobbett

We are all different. Yet we are all God's children. We are all united behind this country and the common cause of freedom, justice, fairness, and equality. That is what unites us. Barbara Boxer

The most common cause of low prices is pessimism - some times pervasive, some times specific to a company or industry. We want to do business in such an environment, not because we like pessimism but because we like the prices it produces. It's optimism that is the enemy of the rational buyer. Warren Buffett

I hope we will not so characterize religious people as being so narrow and so biased towards people not of their own religion that they cannot even work with them in this common cause to which you say they are committed. Barney Frank

Now I'm still trusted every day People try to mess with Anastacia Gotta nothing in common cause I handle mine. Anastacia

What is at stake is more than one small country [Kuwait], it is a big idea - a new world order where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind: peace and security, freedom and the rule of law. George H. W. Bush

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