Collocations for "between"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "between" in context.
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between
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.prep
- [arrive, finish] between [noon] and [5pm]
- [choose, select] a number between [one] and [ten]
- between now and then
- [fit, squeezed] in between the [rows, chairs, cars]
- [is somewhere, travel, work, live] between [New York and Boston]
- weighs between [50] and [55] [pounds]
- a [boy, disagreement, job] came between us
- nothing can come between us
- between [friends, members, countries, coworkers]
- is a [consensus, disagreement, fight] between [friends]
- between [this street] and the [next]
- (just) between [you and me, us]
- the [difference, fight] between (good and evil)
- they have several [children, businesses, properties] between (the two of) them
- no [time, energy] between [working] and [raising a family]
- a [partition, door] between the [rooms, offices]
- between a rock and a hard place
- read between the lines
- was in between [jobs, girlfriends]
- in between childhood and [adolescence, his teens, adulthood]
- in between the two
- [placed, put, slid] between
- good [men, investments, employees] are few and far between
- [but, is] somewhere in between
'between' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
agree
- bridge
- build
- choose
- contrast
- decide
- divide
- enhance
- exist
- explain
- improve
- iron
- map
- occur
- peer
- position
- range
- sandwich
- settle
- share
- split
- spot
- strain
- strike
- switch
- tell
- transfer
- try
- walk
- work
- two
- something
- agreement
- balance
- battle
- bill
- bond
- border
- choice
- church
- comparison
- competition
- conflict
- conversation
- cross
- decision
- difference
- distance
- England
- evil