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.
come between
| Idioms: come between |
| Antonyms: come between |
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Definition: alienate
Antonyms: bring together, join, unite
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