noun bridge tolls for which a truck driver is paid in advance or reimbursed US, 1963
idiombridgesbuild bridgesto try to establish a better relationship between people or groups who do not agree or do not like each other:We in the labour movement need to start building bridges with the Green Party to show people we're concerned about the environment.The local police have been trying to build bridges between the two neighborhoods.burn your bridges(also burn your boats BrE)to do something that destroys your chances of being part of a situation or relationship that you were involved in before:She couldn't go back to Boston now. She'd burnt all her bridges by cutting her ties with Tammy and her family.Because they refused for one reason or another to give their side of the argument to the press, I think they've burnt their boats.