join a political protest

/dʒɔɪn ə pəˈlɪtɪkəl ˈproʊtest/

verb phrase

  1. to take part in a public demonstration against or in support of a political idea, decision, or group

    B1

    transitive; join + a protest

    • "Thousands of people joined a political protest against the new law."B1
    • "She decided to join a political protest calling for greater action on climate change."B2
    • "Although he had never attended a demonstration before, he joined a political protest to express his opposition to the government’s policies."C1

Common mistakes

  • join to a political protest→join a political protest

    Use join directly before the event or group; do not use “to” here.

Collocations

join a protestjoin a demonstrationpolitical protestpeaceful protestprotest against a lawjoin a mass protest

Word family

protestprotesterprotesting