torn between, be

Be distracted by two conflicting choices, be in a dilemma, as in I'm torn between going to the mountains or going to the seashore; each appeals to me. This idiom was first recorded in 1871.

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Words nearby torn between, be

torment, tormentil, tormentor, tormé, torn, torn between, be, tornado, tornado belt, tornaria, torne, torngat mountains
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