grasstops
See also: grass-tops and grass tops
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPerhaps modelled on grassroots.
Pronunciation
editAudio (General Australian): (file)
Adjective
editgrasstops (not comparable)
- (idiomatic) Of, related to, or involving local influential figures.
Noun
editgrasstops
Noun
editgrasstops (plurale tantum)
- People in a position of power or influence at a local level.
- 2010, Wendell Potter, Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR IS Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans, Bloomsbury Press, published 2010, →ISBN, page 35:
- Or, when just the 'grasstops' are needed, we recruit just a few of a target's key friends or contributors to join us.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:grasstops.