Usually means: The powers that be; authority.
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  1. TPTB, tptb: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (TPTB)

▸ noun:  Initialism of the powers that be.

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PTBT, NPTA, P&TB, BTBA, TOTP, IPTC, BTTF, TTPS, CTBT, NBPP, more...

Opposite:
powerless, oppressed, marginalized, disenfranchised

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Similar:
PTBT, NPTA, P&TB, BTBA, TOTP, IPTC, BTTF, TTPS, CTBT, NBPP, more...

Opposite:
powerless, oppressed, marginalized, disenfranchised



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