cast your lot with

cast your lot with
cast (your) lot with (someone/something) to choose to share in whatever happens to another person or a group.

If I'm going to cast my lot with this team, I'm going to try to make them as good as possible any way I can.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of cast your lot (= to throw dice or other objects as a way of deciding what will happen)

New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • cast your lot with someone — cast (your) lot with (someone/something) to choose to share in whatever happens to another person or a group. If I m going to cast my lot with this team, I m going to try to make them as good as possible any way I can. Etymology: based on the… …   New idioms dictionary

  • cast your lot with something — cast (your) lot with (someone/something) to choose to share in whatever happens to another person or a group. If I m going to cast my lot with this team, I m going to try to make them as good as possible any way I can. Etymology: based on the… …   New idioms dictionary

  • cast your lot with someone — throw in/cast/your lot with someone phrase to decide to support or work with a particular person or group of people Once he had thrown in his lot with the rebels, there was no going back. Thesaurus: to support an idea, plan or personsynonym… …   Useful english dictionary

  • throw in your lot with — (or cast your lot with) : to join or become associated with a person, group, or thing that you hope will win or succeed During the American Civil War, my great grandfather threw in his lot with the Confederacy/Union. • • • Main Entry: ↑lot …   Useful english dictionary

  • throw in your lot with someone — throw in/cast/your lot with someone phrase to decide to support or work with a particular person or group of people Once he had thrown in his lot with the rebels, there was no going back. Thesaurus: to support an idea, plan or personsynonym… …   Useful english dictionary

  • cast lot with someone — cast (your) lot with (someone/something) to choose to share in whatever happens to another person or a group. If I m going to cast my lot with this team, I m going to try to make them as good as possible any way I can. Etymology: based on the… …   New idioms dictionary

  • cast lot with something — cast (your) lot with (someone/something) to choose to share in whatever happens to another person or a group. If I m going to cast my lot with this team, I m going to try to make them as good as possible any way I can. Etymology: based on the… …   New idioms dictionary

  • cast lot with — cast (your) lot with (someone/something) to choose to share in whatever happens to another person or a group. If I m going to cast my lot with this team, I m going to try to make them as good as possible any way I can. Etymology: based on the… …   New idioms dictionary

  • lot — lot1 W1S1 [lɔt US la:t] pron, adv 1.) a lot also lots informal a large amount or number ▪ We ve spent a lot on the children s education. ▪ How many CDs have you got? Lots. a lot of ▪ They paid a lot of money for that house. ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • cast — 1 verb past tense and past participle cast 1 cast (a) light on/onto a) to provide new information which makes something easier to understand: research findings that cast new light on the origin of our universe b) literary to send light onto a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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