come between

verb

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

   nothing could come between the two lovers

Idioms and Phrases

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.