noun
- people or groups that are associated or working together, especially in an unlikely or temporary alliance
Usage: often used in the phrase ‘strange bedfellows’
Examples
- Politics makes strange bedfellows, as the saying goes.
- The environmental group and the business lobby became unlikely bedfellows in supporting the new legislation.
- In times of crisis, former rivals often become bedfellows.
- The two companies were strange bedfellows in their joint venture.
- Economic necessity created bedfellows out of competing interests.
- The coalition brought together bedfellows from across the political spectrum.