Synonyms for come between
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : kuhm |
| Phonetic Transcription : kÊŒm |
Définition of come between
Origin :- Old English cuman "come, approach, land; come to oneself, recover; arrive; assemble" (class IV strong verb; past tense cuom, com, past participle cumen), from Proto-Germanic *kwem- (cf. Old Saxon cuman, Old Frisian kuma, Middle Dutch comen, Dutch komen, Old High German queman, German kommen, Old Norse koma, Gothic qiman), from PIE root *gwa-, *gwem- "to go, come" (cf. Sanskrit gamati "he goes," Avestan jamaiti "goes," Tocharian kakmu "come," Lithuanian gemu "to be born," Greek bainein "to go, walk, step," Latin venire "to come").
- The substitution of Middle English -o- for Old English -u- before -m-, -n-, or -r- was a scribal habit before minims to avoid misreading the letters in the old style handwriting, which jammed letters. The practice similarly transformed some, monk, tongue, worm. Modern past tense form came is Middle English, probably from Old Norse kvam, replacing Old English cuom.
- Remarkably productive with prepositions (NTC's "Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs" lists 198 combinations); consider the varied senses in come to "regain consciousness," come over "possess" (as an emotion), come at "attack," come on (interj.) "be serious," and come off "occur." For sexual senses, see cum.
- verb alienate
- And that day in the woods I thought something had come between us.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The Trinity had, so to speak, come between me and the Godhead.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- So of course she can come between a mother and the child of her body.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- It seems that she has come between Jean and me, and will always remain there.
- Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
- That little vagrant to come between him and the girl he would make his wife!
- Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald
- She was only determined that nothing should come between her and a life of ease.
- Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson
- She shall not come between me and happiness with her soft and hypocritical ways!
- Extract from : « The Elm Tree Tales » by F. Irene Burge Smith
- The girl has come between me and my aims, my vows, my work—everything.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- One end has a fork and the other is shaped to come between the fork.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
- It's Wyckliffe: he's the man who has come between us, and who alone has done all this mischief.
- Extract from : « Australia Revenged » by Boomerang
Antonyms for come between
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