build bridges
Speech parts
1. build bridges - Verb
2. build bridges - Phrase
Meaning
build bridges (third-person singular simple present builds bridges, present participle building bridges, simple past and past participle built bridges)
(intransitive, idiomatic) Often followed by between or to: to establish friendly relations or links.
Antonym: burn one's bridges
to build bridges between China and the West
Related terms
Examples
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers.
Sometimes you have to, as I say, build bridges where you can - but draw lines where you must.
You can use your time to build bridges or walls. The latter is not only unChristlike, it limits impact & creates loneliness.
It is better to build bridges than walls.
A gentle politician doesn't promise to build bridges where there is no water.
God gave us hands but He doesn't build bridges with them.