bridge the gap

:  a structure carrying a pathway or roadway over a depression or obstacle (such as a river)

:  a time, place, or means of connection or transition

:  something resembling a bridge in form or function: such as

:  to make a bridge (see ¹bridge) over or across

:  to join by a bridge

:  to provide with a bridge

:  any of various card games for usually four players in two partnerships that bid for the right to declare a trump suit, seek to win tricks (see ¹trick 4) equal to the final bid, and play with the hand of declarer 's partner exposed and played by declarer

:  contract bridge

:  a break in a barrier (such as a wall, hedge, or line of military defense)

:  an assailable position

:  a mountain pass

:  to make an opening in

:  to adjust the space between the electrodes of (a spark plug)

:  to fall or stand open