top brass
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Noun
top brass (usually uncountable, plural top brasses)
- (idiomatic, colloquial) A group of people who are the leaders or heads of an organization.
- 1872, New Zealand Parliament, House of Representatives, “Parliamentary debates”, in 57, volumes 1-6, page 649:
- 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.
Synonyms
- (group of persons who are the leaders): governance, governing body, organisation/organization, administration, establishment
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