bridge the gap

Verb

bridge the gap (third-person singular simple present bridges the gap, present participle bridging the gap, simple past and past participle bridged the gap)

1. (idiomatic) To serve as or create a connection between disconnected or disparate things.
   • Today there is no doubt that Dominican women have been actively involved in building the community, in struggling to keep their cultural heritage alive, and in keeping families together by bridging the gap between Dominicans from the homeland and those who live in the United States.2011, Ronald H. Bayor, editor, Multicultural America: An Encyclopedia of the Newest Americans, Greenwood, →ISBN, page 505
   • It is argued that the precautionary principle provides an important mechanism for bridging the gap between public and private sectors in their approach to financial harm.2011, John F. McEldowney, “Managing financial risk: the precautionary principle and protecting the public interest in the UK”, in John Raymond LaBrosse, Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal, Dalvinder Singh...