- The Wedge
The Wedge can refer to:
*The Wedge (Australian TV series) , a television comedy series on Network Ten.
*The Wedge (Canadian TV series) , a music television show airing on MuchMusic.
*The Wedge (surfing) , a surf spot located on the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, California.
*The Wedge (border) , part of the boundary between the states of Pennsylvania and Delaware in the United States.
* The Wedge, a popular nickname for the Lowry Hill East neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
* TheWedge Community Co-op , located just outside of the Wedge neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
* TheWedge strategy , a political and social action plan for the promotion ofIntelligent design .
* The "Wedge Fugue" is the popular name given to the organ fugue fromPrelude andFugue in e minor BWV548 byJohann Sebastian Bach on account of the opening theme which starts with one note, then with two notes either side forming aminor third (a small interval) and then gradually widening to anoctave .
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the thin end of the wedge — Brit : the beginning of something that will become more serious, unpleasant, etc. The bank s decision to raise rates could be the thin end of the wedge. [=many other banks may also decide to raise rates] • • • Main Entry: ↑thin the … Useful english dictionary
the thin end of the wedge — UK ► something that is not very harmful in itself but that will be the start of a harmful development: »The introduction of a fee for the service has been described as the thin end of the wedge by union leaders. Main Entry: ↑thin … Financial and business terms
the thin end of the wedge — ► the thin end of the wedge informal an action of little importance in itself but likely to lead to more serious developments. Main Entry: ↑wedge … English terms dictionary
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(the) thin end of the wedge — British & Australian the start of a harmful development. There are those who see the closure of the hospital as the thin end of the wedge … New idioms dictionary
