MERGER RELATED EXPENSES (Details) - Bridge shareholders - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Costs associated with employee severance and other merger-related compensation expense	$ 15.9
Merger expenses			$ 0.0
Transaction costs	$ 28.9	$ 4.7

The amount of employee severance and other merger related compensation expense incurred during the period.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The expenses and losses recorded for each transaction with the acquiree that was recognized separately from the acquisition of assets and assumptions of liabilities in the business combination.

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The amount of cash paid during the reporting period for charges associated with the mergers.

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-Publisher FASB
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