bridge the gap

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To bridge the gap is to reduce a difference between two things far enough apart that somebody has to build something across.

It takes between: bridge the gap between school and work, between the generations, between what was promised and what arrived. The metaphor is doing real work — a bridge does not close a gap, it lets you cross one — so the phrase concedes that the difference is still there. Close the gap is the version that claims more, and narrow the gap is the honest halfway house.

Definitions of bridge the gap

1phrasebridge the gapTo reduce a difference between two things.C1
“The scheme is meant to bridge the gap between school and work.”

bridge the gap is an act of narrowing a difference.

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bridge the gap

phraseC1Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

To bridge the gap is to reduce a difference between two things far enough apart that somebody has to build something across.

Definitions of bridge the gap

1phrasebridge the gapTo reduce a difference between two things.C1
“The scheme is meant to bridge the gap between school and work.”

bridge the gap is an act of narrowing a difference.

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