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Top brass

noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A group of people who are the leaders or heads of an organization. collective, colloquial, uncountable, usually

    "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."

  2. 2
    the most important persons in a governing body wordnet

Etymology

Originally military slang, from [the] brass (“high-ranking officers”).

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