join

if you can't beat them, join them: seebeat.

join the club: seeclub.

join up the dots add the missing links in a line of reasoning (and reach the inevitable conclusion).

☞ The expression is based on the idea of an outline drawing made by tracing a line through a series of dots.

2003Scotland on Sunday The Mercury Music Prize…really helped us to be taken seriously. I think a lot of people knew the songs but didn't necessarily know they were by us so it also helped to join up the dots for them.

join the great majority die. euphemistic

☞ This expression was first used by the poet Edward Young (1683–1765): 'Death joins us to the great majority'. However, the idea of the dead being 'the majority' is a very old one; it is found, for example, in the writings of the Roman satirist Petronius as abiit ad plures: 'he's gone to join the majority'.

joined at the hip inseparable in opinions or outlook. informal

☞ The metaphor is based on the idea of literal conjoined twins.

2002Fast Company Magazine You can't look at Wall Street without looking at Washington. They're joined at the hip.