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vb. (context idiomatic English) To form links or friendly relations.
Usage examples of "build bridges".
Nikita Khrushchev said it: 'Politicians are the same all over the world, we build bridges where there aren't any rivers.
All I can tell you is that Praxis is very interested, and we're trying to build bridges between the World Court and all powers on Earth.
Even then, they have captive engineers in their army who can build bridges for them and show them how to make use of fords and ferries.
They had supplies for a month and tools and equipment to cross rivers and build bridges, even to construct a town.
Still, it's a little different from learning to build bridges, you must confess.
Over the years we have learned to build bridges more efficiently, using fewer materials and less labor to perform the same task.
Someone like that would always try to build bridges with the enemy.