intervene between

intervene between (multiple people)

To intercede between multiple people. Luckily, the teacher intervened between Mark and Mike before a fight broke out. In an attempt to deescalate the situation, I intervened between the two arguing parties. I wasn't about to intervene between those people—didn't you see that some of them were armed?

See also: between, intervene

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intervene between (someone and someone else)

to intercede between someone and someone else. I decided to intervene between Ralph and his brother, who were arguing endlessly. There was no point in intervening between Bill and Bob.

See also: between, intervene

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