cooperate with

cooperate with (someone or something)

To work together with someone or something, usually to complete a particular task or goal. Getting my toddler to cooperate with me is often an impossible task. We are in no way blaming you for what happened, but you still have to cooperate with the police investigation.
See also: cooperate
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

cooperate with someone (on something)

 and cooperate (with someone) on something
to work together in harmony with someone on something. Please cooperate with me on this project. Can you cooperate on this with me? I hope we can cooperate on this.
See also: cooperate
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • cooperate with (someone or something)
  • cooperate with (someone or something) on (something)
  • cooperate on (something) with (someone or something)
  • cooperate
  • cooperate on (something)
  • a dog in the manger
  • dog in the manger
  • make a dive
  • make a dive (for someone or something)
  • have had it with (someone or something)
References in periodicals archive
If I don't know they are to come, how can we cooperate with them?'
By refusing to cooperate with the prosecution's investigation, Lee is once again trying to portray himself as a victim of political retaliation.
The commissioner urged people to cooperate with the provincial government to make the peace efforts a success.
QESCO urged customers to cooperate with staff against electric thieves.
BDI won't cooperate with VMRO for the local elections, stated BDI MP Artan Grubi.
LAHORE -- In an exclusive conversation with Geo News, former Pakistan opener Nasir Jamshed has denied allegations against him and expressed his willingness to cooperate with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
TEHRAN (FNA)- France's IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) is to cooperate with the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) for technological development of Ahvaz field.
BAGHDAD / NINA / The ISIS organization published a video shows the militants' organization executed 14 citizens from Mosul refused to cooperate with them, using three ugly ways, the first is a car targeted by a rocket of RBG7, and the second is dumping to death, and the third bombing their necks with dynamite.
The minister called on producers from outside the Opec to "cooperate with the Opec to guarantee stability of the market and prevent major swings in oil prices".
Washington, Mar 4 ( ANI ): It has been widely held that men are hugely competitive, so cooperation is least among them, while women have a tendency to nurture relationships with others, making them much more likely to cooperate with one another.
Ahmad Al Zbi, Deputy Minister of Presidential Affairs, has called on banks in the UAE to cooperate with the Debts Settlement Fund.
November 03 2011 (TUR) -- Japan's senior vice-minister for foreign affairs said on Thursday that Japan was ready to cooperate with Turkey in Turkey's domestic car production project.
High-level Israeli political sources said that Israel would not cooperate with the UN's "Group of Experts", hinting that it would prevent its three members from entering Israel and the Gaza Strip.
And that we will explore every opportunity to cooperate with Russia," Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said at a conference in Brussels last Saturday.