close the gap

idiom

: to reduce or eliminate a difference between two people, groups, or things

—often + between

We hope to close the gap between well-funded suburban schools and the struggling schools in poorer communities.

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The City Council held a meeting Monday during which residents voiced their opposition to an approximately $60 million property tax increase floated as one way to help close the gap. —Greg Norman, Fox News, 3 Dec. 2024

Kyrie Irving did his part, dropping 27 points in the loss, but the Mavericks couldn't close the gap late. —Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024

With countries on opposite ends of a massive chasm, tensions ran high as delegations tried to close the gap in expectations. —Melinda Walling, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Nov. 2024

This latest set of grants builds on the hundreds of millions of dollars already announced by the administration to fund projects that close the gap in access to the outdoors that persists across our nation. —Deb Haaland and Shannon Estenoz, Orlando Sentinel, 9 Nov. 2024