go between

See also: go-between

English

Etymology

Phrasal verb from go and between.

Verb

go between (third-person singular simple present goes between, present participle going between, simple past went between, past participle gone between)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To occupy the position or interval that separates (two or more things); to intercede.
   • 1909, Jersey City Water Supply Company, et al., defendants, In Chancery of New Jersey, Between the Mayor and Aldermen of New Jersey, Complainant, and the Jersey City Water Supply Company Et Als., Defendats; on Bill, Etc: Testimony for defendants, Feb. 17, 1909, page 5725:

     At Dover where we go from the main road, a triangular piece of about 350 feet, which is about ten feet below the road, between the canal and the road, there is a small house on the property, and it goes between the house and this wall that separates the road, I estimated that at fifty cents a running foot.