So by shaving, Blade would be openly allying himself with Krog and whatever plans the leader might have.
The United States felt it was not right that a country in the Caribbean openly allied itself with the Soviet Union.
France responded to Burgoyne's defeat by entering the war, openly allying with America and turning the Revolutionary War into a major worldwide war.
Eadric of Mercia, one of his foremost critics, openly allied himself with the Danes.
Three years later the new Count of Flanders, Philip, concerned about Henry's growing power, openly allied himself with the French king.
Edward Grigg openly allied with the Conservatives in what has been described as a 'crusade against Labour'.
Capell was openly allying himself with the King's cause by early 1642, on which side his sympathies were engaged.
Johnson openly allied himself with the Eisenhower Administration, and made himself the person liberals had to come to if they wanted to get anything done.
Aren't Iwari, Mikawa, Totomi, and Sugura all ruled by his kinsmen and allied to him openly?
Her vice president, Salvador Laurel openly allied himself with the coup plotters and called for her to resign.