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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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Nearby words

  1. torment,
  2. tormentil,
  3. tormentor,
  4. tormé,
  5. torn,
  6. tornadic,
  7. tornado,
  8. tornado belt,
  9. tornaria,
  10. torne
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.