throw in your lot with

throw (in) (one's) lot with (someone or something)

1. To join another person or become part of a group. Don't worry, Mom—I really don't care about throwing my lot with the cool kids at school.

2. To give one's steadfast support to some person or group. As soon as news of the CEO's scandal becomes public, I doubt that big investor will want to throw in her lot with us.

See also: lot, throw

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throw in your lot with

decide to ally yourself closely with and share the fate of a person or group.

Both this and the previous idiom come from the process of deciding something by drawing or casting lots.

1992 Michael Medved Hollywood vs. America Yuppie physician Michael J. Fox decides to give up his dreams of glitz and glory in L.A. and to throw in his lot with the lovable locals.

See also: lot, throw

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