join a peaceful political protest

/dʒɔɪn ə ˈpiːsfəl pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈprəʊtest/

verb phrase

  1. to take part in a public, nonviolent demonstration to express an opinion about a political issue or demand change

    B1

    transitive: join + noun phraseneutral

    • "Thousands of people joined a peaceful political protest against the new law."B1
    • "She decided to join a peaceful political protest calling for stronger environmental protection."B2
    • "Citizens have the right to join a peaceful political protest, provided that they follow public-safety rules."C1

Common mistakes

  • join to a peaceful political protest→join a peaceful political protest

    Use join directly before the event or group; do not use to after join.

Collocations

join a protestpeaceful political protestorganize a protestattend a protestpeaceful protestpolitical demonstrationpublic demonstrationnon-violent protest

Word family

protestprotesterprotesting