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built bridges

built bridges is the simple past and past participle of build bridges.

Meaning of build bridges

Verb

build bridges (third-person singular simple present builds bridges, present participle building bridges, simple past and past participle built bridges)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) Often followed by between or to: to establish friendly relations or links.
    • to build bridges between China and the West

Questions about built bridges

What is built bridges the simple past and past participle of?
Built bridges is the simple past and past participle of build bridges.

Words near built bridges in the dictionary

  1. Buildwas
  2. built
  3. built a better mousetrap
  4. built a case
  5. built air castles
  6. built bridges
  7. built castles in the air
  8. built character
  9. built different
  10. built down
  11. built environment

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