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three guys in a garage

three guys in a garage noun: a small, agile group of startup innovators with a big idea, passion, and modest resources.

Noun

three guys in a garage pl (plural only)

  1. (idiomatic, informal, plural, plural-only) A small, agile group of startup innovators with a big idea, passion, and modest resources.
    • "By next year, three guys in a garage will be able to build a Layer 3 terabit backbone router by buying merchant silicon and writing software, and the box will be as fast and as cheap as an ASIC-based product," says David Husack […]1999, Network World, volume 16, number 16, page 81

Questions about three guys in a garage

What does three guys in a garage mean?
Three guys in a garage means a small, agile group of startup innovators with a big idea, passion, and modest resources.
What part of speech is three guys in a garage?
Three guys in a garage is a noun.

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