go between someone or something and someone or something else

go between someone or something and someone or something else
go between someone or something and someone or something else
to get in between people or things, in any combination. •

The dog went between Mr. Franklin and the wall.

The arrow went between Jed and Tex, injuring neither of them.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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