Meaning of top brass | Babel Free

Definitions

A group of people who are the leaders or heads of an organization.

collective, colloquial, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“The top brass of the army are up to various types of mischief and they do not want the public or even Members of Parliament to know about them.”

“The general who turned the tide at Alamein was not, prior to his arrival in the Middle East, one of the very "top brass"; but he was a soldier, not a detergent manufacturer.”

“On 3 January, Republican senator Rick Scott urged in a letter to Newsweek’s top brass to “reconsider its relationship with Vipp Jaswal”.”

“The military's top brass were seen making the decision on Russian state TV, with Gen Surovikin reporting on the situation on the ground in Kherson.”

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