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top brass

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noun Informal.
  1. brass(def 5).
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Origin of top brass

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40
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executive, administration, board, authority, tycoon, magnate, administrator, representative, minister, bureaucrat, commissioner, agent, director, manager, officer, leader, secretary, judge, law, expert
British Dictionary definitions for top brass

top brass

noun
  1. (functioning as plural) informal the most important or high-ranking officials or leaders, as in politics, industry, etcSee also brass (def. 5)
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Idioms and Phrases with top brass

top brass

see under brass hat.

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