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come between

vb. (context transitive English) to affect negatively.

Usage examples of "come between".

My therapist becomes restless and says that he understands my situation but the research cannot be stopped, cannot be stopped for anything, they are too close to breakthroughs in many fields and cannot allow anything to come between us and those achievements.

Somewhere near the swing-bridge, where undeniable steamships go and come between the inner and the outer sea, I saw a crowd gathered about a man who was exhibiting a picture and expounding its purport.

The last few weeks had been hard on him, since the baby had come between them.

At least the good Fiammetta thought so, when she met him at church, though I feel sure she did not allow even his handsome figure to come between her and the Virgin.

Something like an invisible curtain appeared to have come between the man and all the rest of the world.

Nothing must come between humanity and the Cridi, and the Cridi's wonderful scientific advances.

Marielle said sharply, moving forward a step as if to come between Margaret and Hester, who represented this regrettable involvement of her sister’.

Somehow this girl has come between them, perhaps hoping to profit by turning one against another.