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brain trust
1noun
- a group of experts from various fields who serve as unofficial consultants on matters of policy and strategy.
brain-trust
2[ breyn-truhst ]
verb (used with object)
- to serve as a brain trust or a brain truster for:
They have brain-trusted many major corporations.
brain trust
1- A group of intellectuals and planners who act as advisers, especially to a government. The phrase is particularly associated with the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt .
brain trust
2- A group of experts who serve as advisers to a government or an organization: 鈥淏efore being appointed to the cabinet, Brown had been a leading figure in a financial brain trust.鈥
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of brain trust1
Idioms and Phrases
A group of experts who serve as unofficial but vital advisers. For example, Each town manager seemed to have his or her own brain trust, which of course changed with every election . This term, closely associated with President Franklin Roosevelt's advisers on domestic and foreign policy in the early 1930s, was first recorded in 1910.Example Sentences
Stafford, however, does not dig very deep, confident that the Rams鈥 brain trust will make the right picks.
The GOP brain trust has accepted the claim that Social Security is rife with fraud without devoting a moment鈥檚 thought to it.
The Rams brain trust also will discuss offensive lineman Jonah Jackson鈥檚 situation.
Maybe now this two-time winning World Series manager, and the man with the highest winning percentage in the history of baseball, will receive a contract extension from the Dodgers鈥 brain trust.
It does not appear that Roberts鈥 Rules were followed, as the Dodgers鈥 brain trust allowed Jack Flaherty to give up eight runs in only three innings.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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