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wedge
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drive a wedge between someone
if you drive a wedge between two people or two groups of people, you do something which spoils their relationship. She thinks Samantha's jealous and is trying to drive a wedge between her and her boyfriend. This is a clear attempt to drive a wedge between the USA and its western allies.
See also: between, drive

the thin end of the wedge (British & Australian)

the start of a harmful development. There are those who see the closure of the hospital as the thin end of the wedge.
See also: end, thin
drive a wedge between someone/something
to cause a division between people or groups. Frank had to travel a lot and this finally drove a wedge between him and his wife. The issue of global warming has driven a wedge between our government and the rest of the world.
See also: between, drive


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The more I've spent time with these kids and the more my sister insisted on bringing their gay uncle into their lives, the more I realized how great is the calumny that drives a wedge between homosexuals and children.
Adventures in baby-sitting. (last word) by Sullivan, Andrew / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
``It drives a wedge between doctors and their patients,'' said San Diego Dr.
HEALTH OF DRIVERS AT ISSUE VALLEY DEATH IGNITES DEBATE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The metaphorical "two-edged sword" implies that the word of God drives a wedge between the elect and the reprobate, identifying the wicked and collecting the elect, reinforcing the paradox that the body of believers is both inclusive and exclusive, and that one must go on living and striving despite predestination.
The Play of Paradox: Stage and Sermon in Renaissance England by Solomon, Andrea / Renaissance Quarterly
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