bridge the gap

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to reduce or get rid of the differences that exist between two things or groups of people

   We need to come up with a private-sector solution, get the investment banks to bridge the gap.

In the movies · 3

• I don't see how this is bridging the gap.Paulie1998
• No. A party to bridge the gulf between East and West.A Passage to India1984
• We need to come up with a private-sector solution, get the investment banks to bridge the gap.Too Big to Fail2011
• Bridge that gap, fellas Find me an empty lap, fellas Dolly'll never go away againHello, Dolly!1969

Learn it in full scenes

• A Passage to India1984
  • Aziz Meets Mrs Moore in the Mosque
  • The Bridge Party at the Club
  • Aziz Invites Them to the Marabar Caves

From the same entry

• burn your bridges
• cross that bridge when you come to it
• it's water under the bridge

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