build a bridge
idiom
: to establish a relationship (as to foster understanding and appreciation of cultural differences)
They hope to build a bridge between the two cultures.
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Essentially, these countries are attempting to build a bridge over the current illiquidity to the recovered economy of the future.
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Carmen Reinhart, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2020
Funding was made available to build a bridge over the White River, but no money was available at that time for building a road to the bridge.
—Randy McCrory Vintage Bentonville, arkansasonline.com, 3 Oct. 2024
As a result, the sanctions delayed Putin’s attempts to build a bridge across the Kerch Strait; forced an airline to stop ferrying passengers between Crimea and Moscow; and restricted sea transport, for both commerce and tourism, in and out of Crimean ports.
—Benjamin Alter, Foreign Affairs, 27 Jan. 2017
Yet without characters charismatic enough to build a bridge to the audience, these valid concerns still feel distant.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2024
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Carmen Reinhart, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2020
Funding was made available to build a bridge over the White River, but no money was available at that time for building a road to the bridge.
—Randy McCrory Vintage Bentonville, arkansasonline.com, 3 Oct. 2024
As a result, the sanctions delayed Putin’s attempts to build a bridge across the Kerch Strait; forced an airline to stop ferrying passengers between Crimea and Moscow; and restricted sea transport, for both commerce and tourism, in and out of Crimean ports.
—Benjamin Alter, Foreign Affairs, 27 Jan. 2017
Yet without characters charismatic enough to build a bridge to the audience, these valid concerns still feel distant.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Sep. 2024
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