join an anti-government protest

/dʒɔɪn ən ˌænti ˈɡʌvərnmənt ˈproʊtest/

verb phrase

  1. To become one of the people taking part in a public demonstration against a government or its policies.

    B1

    join + noun phraseneutral

    • "Thousands of people joined an anti-government protest in the capital."B1
    • "She decided to join an anti-government protest after the new law was announced."B2
    • "Many citizens joined an anti-government protest to express their opposition to the government’s growing restrictions on civil liberties."C1

Common mistakes

  • join to an anti-government protest→join an anti-government protest

    Use join directly with the event or group; do not add “to.”

  • join a government protest→join an anti-government protest

    A government protest could imply support for the government, which is the opposite of an anti-government protest.

Collocations

join a protestanti-government protestpeaceful protestprotest against the governmentanti-government demonstrationpublic demonstration

Word family

protestprotesterprotesting