go between

go between

1. verb To move in between two people or things. The teacher quickly went between the arguing students to separate them. What the heck was that? I think some small animal just went between two parked cars. You expect me to go between a mama bear and her cub? I don't think so!

2. noun One who serves as a messenger between two people or groups. In this usage, the words are usually hyphenated. I'm sick of being a go-between for you and Dad—can you please just talk to him directly? Come on, just make up with Marie so that I don't have to be a go-between anymore. My boyfriend and I had to return each other's stuff after our break-up, but we didn't want to see each other. Thankfully, my sister volunteered to be a go-between.

See also: go

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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.

See also: go

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.