Verb
bridge the gap (third-person singular simple present bridges the gap, present participle bridging the gap, simple past and past participle bridged the gap)
(idiomatic) To serve as or create a connection between two disconnected or disparate things.
Male makeup is men's titles, status and paying for dates. Makeup is what both sexes use to bridge the gap between the power they have and the power they'd like to have. Both male and female makeup are compensations for feelings of powerlessness. Warren Farrell
Love is what enables us to bridge the gap of disappointment when others don't live up to the expectations we have of them. Abigail Van Buren
We need to bridge the gap between the medical libraries and the hospital rooms; take the information out there already, add to it, focus it, harness it - and bring it to the patient who was just diagnosed today. Bruce Vento
Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach. Earl Nightingale
If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man. James Dean
The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision. Henry Kissinger