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drive a wedge between1Separate: the general aimed to drive a wedge between the city and its northern defences...- This advance also served to drive a wedge between the Germans and Central Gaul.
- Within four days they had driven a wedge forty miles deep into the British positions and threatened to break the Allied lines altogether.
1.1Cause disagreement or hostility between: I’m not trying to drive a wedge between you and your father...- That drove a wedge between the pair that ultimately led to Dunn rejecting the offer of a new contract in the summer and deciding on a move to Birmingham.
- He said the pressure drove a wedge between him and his partner, who moved out taking their three children with her.
- Clearly, terrorism is about driving a wedge between east and west.
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