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bridged the gap

bridged the gap is the simple past and past participle of bridge the gap.

Meaning of 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

Questions about bridged the gap

What is bridged the gap the simple past and past participle of?
Bridged the gap is the simple past and past participle of bridge the gap.

Words near bridged the gap in the dictionary

  1. bridged
  2. bridged carbocation
  3. bridged carbocations
  4. bridged nucleic acid
  5. bridged nucleic acids
  6. bridged the gap
  7. bridged up
  8. Bridgefoot
  9. Bridgeford
  10. Bridgefords
  11. Bridgeforth

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