bridge over

• Verbe à particule signifiant surmonter ou combler un écart, une difficulté ou une période de temps, souvent de manière provisoire.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of overcoming or spanning a gap, difficulty, or period of time, often temporarily.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Overcome a difficultyformal

   To find a way to deal with a temporary problem or difficulty, especially a financial one.

   Surmonter une difficulté

   • The loan helped them bridge over the financial crisis.
   • We need to find a way to bridge over this short-term shortage.
   • She took on extra work to bridge over the gap in her income.

   Synonymescarry throughget throughhelp outpull throughsee throughsupportsustaintide over

2. Connect or spanformal

   To create a connection between two things, often to make a transition smoother.

   relier, faire le pont

   • The new policy aims to bridge over the differences between the two departments.
   • His speech helped bridge over the cultural divide.
   • The project will bridge over the gap between theory and practice.

   Synonymesconnectcovercrossfilllinkspantide overtraverse

   Antonymesdisconnectdivideseparate

Verbe de basebridge