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.

Example Sentences

Other clips show Bryan climbing over the barbed-wire top of the fence and Adcock standing back as security personnel come between them.

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"So if this Pope - which he will do - tries to come between President Trump and his implementation of the mass deportation programme, I would stand by."

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I wish she had been direct ahead of time about her worry that the money might come between them and set a clear deadline for repayment.

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The narrative is just understated enough to also let us see that Angie isn’t only fighting people she’s known intimately for years, but an unequal society that allows the increasingly impossible dream of homeownership to come between loved ones.

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Put the kettle on and pop some bread in the toaster because there's lot of campaigning to come between now and 23:00 BST.

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