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grass tops

Syllables: grass·topsUK/ˈɡɹɑːstɒps/US/ˈɡɹæstɑps/

grass tops adjective: of, related to, or involving local influential figures. Also the plural of grass top.

grass tops: of, related to, or involving local influential figures
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Adjective

grass tops (not comparable)

  1. (idiomatic) Of, related to, or involving local influential figures.
    • Along with the ads, industry worked to mobilize local politicians and business executives in what business groups called a "grass tops" campaign.1998, Dan Clawson, Alan Neustadtl, Mark Weller, Dollars and Votes: How Business Campaign Contributions Subvert Democracy, Philadelphia, Pa.: Temple University Press, →ISBN, page 12
    • "Some of the work is grassroots," he said, "and some of it is grass-tops – like this summit."2003 November 6, Cara Gardner, “Prepping for surgery”, in The Pacific Northwest Inlander, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2015
    Antonyms:
    grassroots

Noun

grass tops pl (plural only)

  1. (idiomatic, plural, plural-only) People in a position of power or influence at a local level.
    • They also had important connections to advocacy groups and the local "grass tops."2007, David G. Smith, Judith D. Moore, Medicaid Politics and Policy, 1965–2007, New Brunswick, N.J.; London: Transaction Publishers, →ISBN, page 234
    • "We are grassroots, not grass-tops," Kaplan said, meaning Common Sense Action seeks the opinions of all members regardless of leadership status within the group.2012 December 3, Sophie Yan, “New group seeks to incite political action”, in The Brown Daily Herald, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2019
    Antonyms:
    grass roots

Also used as

grass tops is also the plural of grass top.

Antonyms of grass tops

Forms of grass tops

alternative formgrass-tops
alternative formgrasstops

Origin of grass tops

From grass + tops, by analogy with grassroots.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about grass tops

What does grass tops mean?
Grass tops means of, related to, or involving local influential figures.
What part of speech is grass tops?
Grass tops can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce grass tops?
Grass tops is pronounced /ˈɡɹɑːstɒps/ (UK).

Words near grass tops in the dictionary

  1. grass staggers
  2. grass tetany
  3. grass time
  4. grass times
  5. grass top
  6. grass tops
  7. grass trap
  8. grass traps
  9. grass tree
  10. grass trees
  11. grass up

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