come between

British  

verb

1. (intr, preposition) to cause the estrangement or separation of (two people)

   nothing could come between the two lovers

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come between Idioms  

1. Divide, cause to be antagonized, as in I wouldn't want to come between husband and wife. This idiom transfers the literal meaning of the phrase, “to intervene” (as in Volume 6 should come between Volumes 5 and 7), to figurative interference.

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Example Sentences

Come between 4 and 6 p.m. and get help from Ms. Janelle.

From Washington Post • Jan. 17, 2017

Come between June and September and you’ll see 40-foot whale sharks—the planet’s largest fish—gliding offshore.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2016

Come between us, good Benvolio; my wits faint.

From Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, William

Let not his shadow Come between thee and me.

From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth

Come, between us two and nobody else, now.

From Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Hardy, Thomas