caught in the middle

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to experience the influence of opposing groups in a disagreement caught in the crossfire My mother and sister are always yelling at each other, and I find myself caught in the middle.

Related vocabulary: in the cross hairs

See also: caught, middle

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Turan breathed a sigh of relief as he realized that his disguise was effective, but he was caught in the middle of it by a hail from the warrior who had stopped and turned toward him. The Chessmen of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context			Catch me later catch napping catch off guard catch on catch on the hop catch onto catch out catch red-handed catch sight of catch some rays catch some Zs catch the next wave catch the wave catch to it catch up in catch up on catch with catch with pants down catch you later catch-as-catch-can cater to catty-corner caught caught in the act caught in the crossfire caught in the middle caught short caught unaware caught up in caught with pants down cause cause a stir cause eyebrows to raise and cause some raised eyebrows cause tongues to wag caution caution about cave cave in cavil at cease cease and desist cede to ceiling celebrate for an accomplishment cement cement on cement together censure cent center center around			caught death of cold caught eye caught eye caught eye caught eye caught fancy caught fancy caught fancy caught fancy caught fire caught fire caught fire caught fire caught fire caught hell caught hell caught hell caught hell caught in a cleft stick caught in a cleft stick caught in a cleft stick caught in a cleft stick Caught in the Act Caught in the Act Caught in the Act Caught in the Act Caught in the Act Caught in the Act Caught in the Act caught in the crossfire caught in the middle caught it caught it caught it caught it caught it in the neck caught it in the neck caught it in the neck caught napping caught napping caught napping caught off balance caught off balance caught off balance caught off balance caught off balance Caught Off Guard caught on caught on caught on caught on caught out caught out caught out caught out caught red-handed caught shoplifting caught short caught sight caught sight caught sight

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