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go-betweenˈgo-between noun [countable] - Barnes isn't involved in the deal - he's just the go-between.
- Simon was not a member of either group so he seemed a good candidate to act as a go-between.
- But in the city. as the go-between pointed out, things were changing.
- I do both psychoanalysis and family therapy and act as a go-between between the two camps.
- Often he played the role of confidant and go-between.
- There has to be a go-between.
- Yet to be a go-between means being in the middle.
someone who takes a message to someone► messenger someone who takes a message or whose job it is to take messages: · In the late afternoon a messenger arrived to inform me that the chief was on his way.· Captain Anderson did not come himself, but sent a messenger instead.· The king's messenger stayed in Rome for further talks.messenger boy: · When he was sixteen Alan got a job as a messenger boy in an advertising agency. ► courier someone whose job it is to carry urgent messages, letters, parcels etc, especially for a company: · A courier arrived with the documents just before the meeting.send something by courier: · He said he'd be sending the report over by courier. ► go-between someone who takes messages between two people or groups because they are not able to meet or do not want to meet: · Barnes isn't involved in the deal - he's just the go-between.act as (a) go-between: · Simon was not a member of either group so he seemed a good candidate to act as a go-between. ► act/serve as a go-between A UN representative will act as a go-between for leaders of the two countries. VERB► act· He recounted secret Privy Council discussions and acted as go-between in Anglican-dissenter negotiations.· Everyone was delighted when Mr Jansons started acting as a go-between.· I do both psychoanalysis and family therapy and act as a go-between between the two camps. someone who takes messages from one person or group to another because the two sides cannot meet or do not want to meet SYN intermediaryact/serve as a go-between A UN representative will act as a go-between for leaders of the two countries. |