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

Sometimes, it bothers me when the problems that come between people are easily surmountable.

From The Daily Beast

Tweeters snickered about the sparring to come between European leaders over who would collect the prize in person on Dec. 10.

From The Daily Beast

Romney won this race without ever letting daylight come between him and the far right.

From The Daily Beast

She had kept the growing instincts at bay, being determined that nothing avoidable should come between her and her purpose.

From Project Gutenberg

I liked all that family, dead ones and all, and warn't going to let anything come between us.

From Project Gutenberg

Oh, Stanton, I say, it isn't the ghost of the things that are dead that will ever come between you and Cornelia.

From Project Gutenberg

There would come between me and my page Archie Merridew's pink and boastful face as I had seen him issue from the library door.

From Project Gutenberg

"I don't think an engaged girl ought to come between a man and all his old friends," Kitty pronounced.

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