The phrase "erase the gap" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use this phrase to refer to a situation where someone is attempting to eliminate a disparity between two different things. For example, "The government has set as a goal to erase the gap in educational opportunities between rural and urban areas."
The gaiety does not erase the gap between Park Avenue and the characters' real lives.
But this raises a crucial question: how do we erase the gap in accessibility and why do we give preferential access when it is known that knowledge is biased?
If, hypothetically speaking, every American blamed Mr. Obama and Mr. Bush equally, his approval rating would be about 11 points lower — enough to erase the gap between actual and expected approval in the first graph above.
The Jabulani ball has failed in its mission to torture goalkeepers, reward long-range speculation and erase the gap between what we see on a football pitch and what happens in a computer game.
YouthSpark is a new company-wide initiative to erase the gap between young workers who already benefit from skills training, and their peers who cannot afford nor access it.
On average, adding two women to a group could completely erase the gap in attrition rates between men and women making women no less likely to leave than men.
Catholics began making economic strides, erasing the gap between them and non-Catholics.
This year, through mid-June, CNN erased the gap and drew nearly as many viewers in that demographic category as Fox — about 420,000 for CNN to 440,000 for Fox.
Only by erasing the gap between the two cultures can we ensure wealth and self-government, he writes, adding, "We have very little time".
Kentucky is an example of what's possible, according to the GradNation report: It has virtually erased the gap between its low-income and more affluent students.
A goal beyond the core research is to reshape the industry itself by erasing the gap between researchers, who have made significant strides in the fight against bugs, and educators who are teaching the next generation of programmers and engineers.
