| 单词 | drive a wedge between somebody |
| 释义 | drive a wedge between somebody From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdrive a wedge between somebodydrive a wedge between somebodyDISAGREEto do something that makes people disagree or start to dislike each otherI don’t want to drive a wedge between you and your father. → driveExamples from the Corpusdrive a wedge between somebody• The lawsuit also helped drive a wedge between Arpaio and Romley.• She'd driven a wedge between herself and Guy.• Instead of driving a wedge between lovers, a child can expand and deepen that love.• Such opposition to bureaucratic intrusion drove a wedge between many working-class people and the Fabian socialists.• The papal reform tended to drive a wedge between the educated, celibate higher clergy, and the rank and file.• The men of violence want to drive a wedge between the forces of law and order and the people they protect.• The deal drove a wedge between the president and fellow Republicans going into the 1992 elections.• The war had driven a wedge between the President and his liberal supporters.• Romley's lawsuit drove the wedge even farther between the two former friends. |
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